diff --git a/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectMemory.cpp b/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectMemory.cpp
index af1ff3e845109..5786e757ef7ea 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectMemory.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectMemory.cpp
@@ -365,6 +365,8 @@ class CommandObjectMemoryRead : public CommandObjectParsed {
       return;
     }
 
+    ExecutionContextScope *exe_scope = m_exe_ctx.GetBestExecutionContextScope();
+
     CompilerType compiler_type;
     Status error;
 
@@ -520,7 +522,7 @@ class CommandObjectMemoryRead : public CommandObjectParsed {
         --pointer_count;
       }
 
-      auto size_or_err = compiler_type.GetByteSize(nullptr);
+      auto size_or_err = compiler_type.GetByteSize(exe_scope);
       if (!size_or_err) {
         result.AppendErrorWithFormat(
             "unable to get the byte size of the type '%s'\n%s",
@@ -640,7 +642,7 @@ class CommandObjectMemoryRead : public CommandObjectParsed {
       if (!m_format_options.GetFormatValue().OptionWasSet())
         m_format_options.GetFormatValue().SetCurrentValue(eFormatDefault);
 
-      auto size_or_err = compiler_type.GetByteSize(nullptr);
+      auto size_or_err = compiler_type.GetByteSize(exe_scope);
       if (!size_or_err) {
         result.AppendError(llvm::toString(size_or_err.takeError()));
         return;
@@ -800,7 +802,6 @@ class CommandObjectMemoryRead : public CommandObjectParsed {
       output_stream_p = &result.GetOutputStream();
     }
 
-    ExecutionContextScope *exe_scope = m_exe_ctx.GetBestExecutionContextScope();
     if (compiler_type.GetOpaqueQualType()) {
       for (uint32_t i = 0; i < item_count; ++i) {
         addr_t item_addr = addr + (i * item_byte_size);