diff --git a/src/entt/meta/factory.hpp b/src/entt/meta/factory.hpp
index 645d95e84..d439b8439 100644
--- a/src/entt/meta/factory.hpp
+++ b/src/entt/meta/factory.hpp
@@ -181,8 +181,9 @@ meta_any invoke([[maybe_unused]] meta_handle handle, meta_any *args, std::index_
     using helper_type = meta_function_helper_t<decltype(Candidate)>;
     meta_any any{};
 
-    [[maybe_unused]] const auto direct = std::make_tuple([any = args+Indexes](const auto index) {
+    [[maybe_unused]] const auto direct = std::make_tuple([args](const auto index) {
         using arg_type = std::tuple_element_t<index.value, typename helper_type::args_type>;
+        auto *any = args + index.value;
         auto *instance = any->template try_cast<arg_type>();
 
         if(!instance && any->template convert<arg_type>()) {