diff --git a/cranelift/wasm/src/code_translator.rs b/cranelift/wasm/src/code_translator.rs
index 4baa7847b4..b2df7bb853 100644
--- a/cranelift/wasm/src/code_translator.rs
+++ b/cranelift/wasm/src/code_translator.rs
@@ -1045,7 +1045,8 @@ pub fn translate_operator<FE: FuncEnvironment + ?Sized>(
             state.push1(environ.translate_ref_is_null(builder.cursor(), value)?);
         }
         Operator::RefFunc { function_index } => {
-            state.push1(environ.translate_ref_func(builder.cursor(), *function_index)?);
+            let index = FuncIndex::from_u32(*function_index);
+            state.push1(environ.translate_ref_func(builder.cursor(), index)?);
         }
         Operator::AtomicNotify { .. }
         | Operator::I32AtomicWait { .. }
diff --git a/cranelift/wasm/src/environ/dummy.rs b/cranelift/wasm/src/environ/dummy.rs
index ca58b77158..76e47da91d 100644
--- a/cranelift/wasm/src/environ/dummy.rs
+++ b/cranelift/wasm/src/environ/dummy.rs
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ impl<'dummy_environment> FuncEnvironment for DummyFuncEnvironment<'dummy_environ
     fn translate_ref_func(
         &mut self,
         mut pos: FuncCursor,
-        _func_index: u32,
+        _func_index: FuncIndex,
     ) -> WasmResult<ir::Value> {
         Ok(pos.ins().null(self.reference_type()))
     }
diff --git a/cranelift/wasm/src/environ/spec.rs b/cranelift/wasm/src/environ/spec.rs
index 8e85d49dfe..3f7d439be6 100644
--- a/cranelift/wasm/src/environ/spec.rs
+++ b/cranelift/wasm/src/environ/spec.rs
@@ -456,7 +456,11 @@ pub trait FuncEnvironment: TargetEnvironment {
     }
 
     /// Translate a `ref.func` WebAssembly instruction.
-    fn translate_ref_func(&mut self, pos: FuncCursor, func_index: u32) -> WasmResult<ir::Value>;
+    fn translate_ref_func(
+        &mut self,
+        pos: FuncCursor,
+        func_index: FuncIndex,
+    ) -> WasmResult<ir::Value>;
 
     /// Translate a `global.get` WebAssembly instruction at `pos` for a global
     /// that is custom.
diff --git a/crates/environ/src/func_environ.rs b/crates/environ/src/func_environ.rs
index 3a51e838b2..612a6f9bd5 100644
--- a/crates/environ/src/func_environ.rs
+++ b/crates/environ/src/func_environ.rs
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ impl<'module_environment> cranelift_wasm::FuncEnvironment for FuncEnvironment<'m
     fn translate_ref_func(
         &mut self,
         _: cranelift_codegen::cursor::FuncCursor<'_>,
-        _: u32,
+        _: FuncIndex,
     ) -> WasmResult<ir::Value> {
         Err(WasmError::Unsupported(
             "the `ref.func` instruction is not supported yet".into(),