diff --git a/src/hb-ot-var-cvar-table.hh b/src/hb-ot-var-cvar-table.hh
index 0814940aa..381ae3c61 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-var-cvar-table.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-var-cvar-table.hh
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ struct cvar
 
   bool decompile_tuple_variations (unsigned axis_count,
                                    unsigned point_count,
+                                   hb_blob_t *blob,
                                    bool is_gvar,
                                    const hb_map_t *axes_old_index_tag_map,
                                    TupleVariationData::tuple_variations_t& tuple_variations /* OUT */) const
   {
     hb_vector_t<unsigned> shared_indices;
     TupleVariationData::tuple_iterator_t iterator;
-    unsigned var_data_length = tupleVariationData.get_size (axis_count);
-    hb_bytes_t var_data_bytes = hb_bytes_t (reinterpret_cast<const char*> (get_tuple_var_data ()), var_data_length);
+    hb_bytes_t var_data_bytes = blob->as_bytes ().sub_array (4);
     if (!TupleVariationData::get_tuple_iterator (var_data_bytes, axis_count, this,
                                                  shared_indices, &iterator))
       return false;
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ struct cvar
     unsigned point_count = hb_blob_get_length (cvt_blob) / FWORD::static_size;
     hb_blob_destroy (cvt_blob);
 
-    if (!decompile_tuple_variations (axis_count, point_count, false,
+    if (!decompile_tuple_variations (axis_count, point_count,
+                                     c->source_blob, false,
                                      &(c->plan->axes_old_index_tag_map),
                                      tuple_variations))
       return_trace (false);
diff --git a/src/test-tuple-varstore.cc b/src/test-tuple-varstore.cc
index f1286e749..e3787a243 100644
--- a/src/test-tuple-varstore.cc
+++ b/src/test-tuple-varstore.cc
@@ -39,7 +39,21 @@ test_decompile_cvar ()
   axis_idx_tag_map.set (0, axis_tag);
 
   OT::TupleVariationData::tuple_variations_t tuple_variations;
-  bool result = cvar_table->decompile_tuple_variations (axis_count, point_count, false, &axis_idx_tag_map, tuple_variations);
+  hb_vector_t<unsigned> shared_indices;
+  OT::TupleVariationData::tuple_iterator_t iterator;
+
+  const OT::TupleVariationData* tuple_var_data = reinterpret_cast<const OT::TupleVariationData*> (cvar_data + 4);
+
+  unsigned len = strlen (cvar_data);
+  hb_bytes_t var_data_bytes{cvar_data+4, len - 4};
+  bool result = OT::TupleVariationData::get_tuple_iterator (var_data_bytes, axis_count, cvar_table,
+                                                            shared_indices, &iterator);
+  assert (result);
+
+  result = tuple_var_data->decompile_tuple_variations (point_count, false, iterator, &axis_idx_tag_map,
+                                                       shared_indices, hb_array<const OT::F2DOT14> (),
+                                                       tuple_variations);
+
   assert (result);
   assert (tuple_variations.tuple_vars.length == 2);
   for (unsigned i = 0; i < 2; i++)
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