diff --git a/src/bm_sim/actions.cpp b/src/bm_sim/actions.cpp
index 7fb8c3ec..68feaecf 100644
--- a/src/bm_sim/actions.cpp
+++ b/src/bm_sim/actions.cpp
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ ActionFnEntry::execute(Packet *pkt) const {
         (primitive.get_source_info() == nullptr) ? "(no source info)"
         : primitive.get_source_info()->get_source_fragment());
     param_offset = primitive.get_param_offset();
-    primitive.execute(&state, &(action_fn->params[param_offset]));
+    primitive.execute(&state, action_fn->params.data() + param_offset);
     idx = primitive.get_jump_offset(idx);
   }
 }