diff --git a/src/lj_record.c b/src/lj_record.c
index cc97bdf9fd..7181b72ab4 100644
--- a/src/lj_record.c
+++ b/src/lj_record.c
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ int lj_record_mm_lookup(jit_State *J, RecordIndex *ix, MMS mm)
     int udtype = udataV(&ix->tabv)->udtype;
     mt = tabref(udataV(&ix->tabv)->metatable);
     /* The metatables of special userdata objects are treated as immutable. */
-    if (udtype != UDTYPE_USERDATA) {
+    if (udtype > UDTYPE_IO_FILE) {
       cTValue *mo;
       if (LJ_HASFFI && udtype == UDTYPE_FFI_CLIB) {
 	/* Specialize to the C library namespace object. */
diff --git a/test/tarantool-tests/lj-1279-incorrect-recording-getmetatable.test.lua b/test/tarantool-tests/lj-1279-incorrect-recording-getmetatable.test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76e11e42b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tarantool-tests/lj-1279-incorrect-recording-getmetatable.test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+local tap = require('tap')
+-- A test file to demonstrate an incorrect recording of
+-- `getmetatable()` for I/O handlers.
+-- https://github.com/LuaJIT/LuaJIT/issues/1279
+local test = tap.test('lj-1279-incorrect-recording-getmetatable'):skipcond({
+  ['Test requires JIT enabled'] = not jit.status(),
+})
+
+test:plan(6)
+
+jit.opt.start('hotloop=1')
+
+local ud_io_file = io.stdout
+local getmetatable = getmetatable
+
+local function rec_getmetatable(obj)
+  local res
+  for _ = 1, 4 do
+    res = getmetatable(obj)
+  end
+  return res
+end
+
+-- The testcase to demonstrate a problem by comparing the
+-- metatable returned by two versions of `getmetatable()`:
+-- compiled and not.
+
+local mt_orig = debug.getmetatable(ud_io_file)
+assert(type(mt_orig) == 'table')
+
+local mt_rec = {}
+for i = 1, 4 do
+  mt_rec[i] = getmetatable(ud_io_file)
+end
+mt_rec[5] = mt_orig
+
+test:ok(true, 'getmetatable() recording is correct')
+test:samevalues(mt_rec, 'metatables are the same')
+
+-- The testcase to demonstrate a problem by setting the metatable
+-- for `io.stdout` to a string.
+
+-- Compile `getmetatable()`, it is expected metatable has
+-- a `table` type.
+rec_getmetatable(ud_io_file)
+-- Set IO metatable to a string.
+local mt = 'IO metatable'
+getmetatable(ud_io_file).__metatable = mt
+test:is(getmetatable(ud_io_file), mt, 'getmetatable() is correct')
+test:is(rec_getmetatable(ud_io_file), mt, 'compiled getmetatable() is correct')
+
+-- Restore metatable.
+debug.setmetatable(ud_io_file, mt_orig)
+assert(type(mt_orig) == 'table')
+jit.flush()
+jit.opt.start('hotloop=1')
+
+-- The testcase to demonstrate a problem by removing the metatable
+-- for `io.stdout` and calling the garbage collector.
+
+-- Compile `getmetatable()`, it is expected metatable has
+-- a `table` type.
+rec_getmetatable(ud_io_file)
+-- Delete metatable.
+debug.setmetatable(ud_io_file, nil)
+collectgarbage()
+test:is(getmetatable(ud_io_file), nil, 'getmetatable() is correct')
+test:is(rec_getmetatable(ud_io_file), nil, 'compiled getmetatable() is correct')
+
+-- Restore metatable.
+debug.setmetatable(ud_io_file, mt_orig)
+
+test:done(true)