1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/wasm/wasm-validator.cpp b/src/wasm/wasm-validator.cpp
index 15b17bf26..d704ee15e 100644
--- a/src/wasm/wasm-validator.cpp
+++ b/src/wasm/wasm-validator.cpp
@@ -2496,6 +2496,9 @@ void FunctionValidator::visitFunction(Function* curr) {
     shouldBeTrue(result.isConcrete(), curr, "results must be concretely typed");
   }
   for (const auto& var : curr->vars) {
+    if (var.isRef() && getModule()->features.hasGCNNLocals()) {
+      continue;
+    }
     features |= var.getFeatures();
     shouldBeTrue(var.isDefaultable(), var, "vars must be defaultable");
   }