diff --git a/src/tirx/ir/specialize.cc b/src/tirx/ir/specialize.cc
index 3890829dc14a..d1a687af5cdf 100644
--- a/src/tirx/ir/specialize.cc
+++ b/src/tirx/ir/specialize.cc
@@ -174,12 +174,13 @@ class PrimFuncSpecializer : public StmtExprMutator {
   BufferVar VisitBufferUse(const BufferVar& buffer) final { return GetNewBuffer(buffer); }
 
   Expr VisitExpr_(const VarNode* op) final {
+    Var var = ffi::GetRef<Var>(op);
     if (constrained_buffer_params_.count(op)) {
-      return ffi::GetRef<Var>(op);
+      return var;
     }
-    auto it = var_map_.find(ffi::GetRef<Var>(op));
+    auto it = var_map_.find(var);
     if (it == var_map_.end()) {
-      return ffi::GetRef<Var>(op);
+      return StmtExprMutator::VisitExpr_(op);
     } else {
       return it->second;
     }
diff --git a/tests/python/tirx-base/test_tir_specialize.py b/tests/python/tirx-base/test_tir_specialize.py
index f47a6dc591ae..4dffc8dc11e9 100644
--- a/tests/python/tirx-base/test_tir_specialize.py
+++ b/tests/python/tirx-base/test_tir_specialize.py
@@ -266,6 +266,24 @@ def expected(A_data: T.handle("float32")):
     tvm.ir.assert_structural_equal(expected, after)
 
 
+def test_specialize_preserves_decl_buffer_alias():
+    @T.prim_func(private=True, s_tir=True)
+    def before(A_handle: T.handle, n: T.int32):
+        A = T.match_buffer(A_handle, (n,), "int32")
+        A_flat = T.decl_buffer((n,), "int32", data=A.data)
+        A_flat[n - 1] = 42
+
+    @T.prim_func(private=True, s_tir=True)
+    def expected(A_handle: T.handle):
+        A = T.match_buffer(A_handle, (8,), "int32")
+        A_flat = T.decl_buffer((8,), "int32", data=A.data)
+        A_flat[7] = 42
+
+    after = before.specialize({before.params[1]: 8})
+
+    tvm.ir.assert_structural_equal(expected, after)
+
+
 def test_specialize_buffer_var_to_var():
     """A buffer var may be remapped by specialization