diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/Common/JitInterface/CorInfoImpl.cs b/src/coreclr/tools/Common/JitInterface/CorInfoImpl.cs
index a0ccb4400f0758..841b6a98bd7557 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/Common/JitInterface/CorInfoImpl.cs
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/Common/JitInterface/CorInfoImpl.cs
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ private void PublishCode()
             _methodCodeNode.InitializeEHInfo(ehInfo);
 
             _methodCodeNode.InitializeDebugLocInfos(_debugLocInfos);
-            _methodCodeNode.InitializeDebugVarInfos(_debugVarInfos);
+            _methodCodeNode.InitializeDebugVarInfos(_debugVarInfos, _compilation.TypeSystemContext.Target);
 #if READYTORUN
             _methodCodeNode.InitializeInliningInfo(_inlinedMethods.ToArray());
 
diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/ReadyToRun/DebugInfoTableNode.cs b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/ReadyToRun/DebugInfoTableNode.cs
index fd628b637a17f9..24f5409a318f90 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/ReadyToRun/DebugInfoTableNode.cs
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/ReadyToRun/DebugInfoTableNode.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 
 using Internal.JitInterface;
@@ -149,11 +150,13 @@ public static byte[] CreateBoundsBlobForMethod(OffsetMapping[] offsetMapping)
             return writer.ToArray();
         }
 
-        public static byte[] CreateVarBlobForMethod(NativeVarInfo[] varInfos)
+        public static byte[] CreateVarBlobForMethod(NativeVarInfo[] varInfos, TargetDetails target)
         {
             if (varInfos == null || varInfos.Length == 0)
                 return null;
 
+            bool isX86 = target.Architecture == TargetArchitecture.X86;
+
             NibbleWriter writer = new NibbleWriter();
             writer.WriteUInt((uint)varInfos.Length);
 
@@ -177,7 +180,7 @@ public static byte[] CreateVarBlobForMethod(NativeVarInfo[] varInfos)
                     case VarLocType.VLT_STK:
                     case VarLocType.VLT_STK_BYREF:
                         writer.WriteUInt((uint)nativeVarInfo.varLoc.B);
-                        writer.WriteInt(nativeVarInfo.varLoc.C);
+                        WriteEncodedStackOffset(writer, nativeVarInfo.varLoc.C, assume4ByteAligned : isX86);
                         break;
                     case VarLocType.VLT_REG_REG:
                         writer.WriteUInt((uint)nativeVarInfo.varLoc.B);
@@ -186,16 +189,16 @@ public static byte[] CreateVarBlobForMethod(NativeVarInfo[] varInfos)
                     case VarLocType.VLT_REG_STK:
                         writer.WriteUInt((uint)nativeVarInfo.varLoc.B);
                         writer.WriteUInt((uint)nativeVarInfo.varLoc.C);
-                        writer.WriteInt(nativeVarInfo.varLoc.D);
+                        WriteEncodedStackOffset(writer, nativeVarInfo.varLoc.D, assume4ByteAligned : isX86);
                         break;
                     case VarLocType.VLT_STK_REG:
-                        writer.WriteInt(nativeVarInfo.varLoc.B);
+                        WriteEncodedStackOffset(writer, nativeVarInfo.varLoc.B, assume4ByteAligned : isX86);
                         writer.WriteUInt((uint)nativeVarInfo.varLoc.C);
                         writer.WriteUInt((uint)nativeVarInfo.varLoc.D);
                         break;
                     case VarLocType.VLT_STK2:
                         writer.WriteUInt((uint)nativeVarInfo.varLoc.B);
-                        writer.WriteInt(nativeVarInfo.varLoc.C);
+                        WriteEncodedStackOffset(writer, nativeVarInfo.varLoc.C, assume4ByteAligned : isX86);
                         break;
                     case VarLocType.VLT_FPSTK:
                         writer.WriteUInt((uint)nativeVarInfo.varLoc.B);
@@ -206,6 +209,19 @@ public static byte[] CreateVarBlobForMethod(NativeVarInfo[] varInfos)
                     default:
                         throw new BadImageFormatException("Unexpected var loc type");
                 }
+
+                static void WriteEncodedStackOffset(NibbleWriter _writer, int offset, bool assume4ByteAligned)
+                {
+                    if (assume4ByteAligned)
+                    {
+                        Debug.Assert(offset % 4 == 0);
+                        _writer.WriteInt(offset / 4);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        _writer.WriteInt(offset);
+                    }
+                }
             }
 
             return writer.ToArray();
diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/ReadyToRun/MethodWithGCInfo.cs b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/ReadyToRun/MethodWithGCInfo.cs
index 9dc2907900a4a5..720cce1b60b4b7 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/ReadyToRun/MethodWithGCInfo.cs
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler.ReadyToRun/Compiler/DependencyAnalysis/ReadyToRun/MethodWithGCInfo.cs
@@ -296,12 +296,12 @@ public void InitializeDebugLocInfos(OffsetMapping[] debugLocInfos)
             _debugLocInfos = DebugInfoTableNode.CreateBoundsBlobForMethod(debugLocInfos);
         }
 
-        public void InitializeDebugVarInfos(NativeVarInfo[] debugVarInfos)
+        public void InitializeDebugVarInfos(NativeVarInfo[] debugVarInfos, TargetDetails target)
         {
             Debug.Assert(_debugVarInfos == null);
             // Process the debug info from JIT format to R2R format immediately as it is large
             // and not used in the rest of the process except to emit.
-            _debugVarInfos = DebugInfoTableNode.CreateVarBlobForMethod(debugVarInfos);
+            _debugVarInfos = DebugInfoTableNode.CreateVarBlobForMethod(debugVarInfos, target);
         }
 
         public void InitializeDebugEHClauseInfos(DebugEHClauseInfo[] debugEHClauseInfos)