The invention relates to a component (1) for a valve train of an internal combustion engine, the component being switchable to different strokes for a gas exchange valve, having at least one first and second element (2, 3), which are pivotally displaceable relative to each other, wherein in the decoupled state a coupling piston (5) displaceable by hydraulic medium pressure runs in a bore (4) of the first element (2), wherein in the coupled state the piston can be displaced, across a separating gap (6) between the two elements (2, 3), in some regions underneath a driver surface (7) of the other element (3) via the force of a helical compression spring (8), the helical compression spring (8) being clamped between a face (9) of the coupling piston (5) away from the coupling and a stop means (10), wherein the stop means (10) is attached via the radial outer surface (11) thereof in the bore (4) and wherein in the decoupled state the coupling piston (5), with the face (9) away from the coupling, is subjected to a spring-loaded stop on the inner face (12) of the stop means (10).