diff --git a/src/lj_gc.c b/src/lj_gc.c
index 9c0d6797..25374d03 100644
--- a/src/lj_gc.c
+++ b/src/lj_gc.c
@@ -564,12 +564,11 @@ void lj_gc_finalize_cdata(lua_State *L)
 /* Free all remaining GC objects. */
 void lj_gc_freeall(global_State *g)
 {
-  MSize i, strmask;
+  MSize i;
   /* Free everything, except super-fixed objects (the main thread). */
   g->gc.currentwhite = LJ_GC_WHITES | LJ_GC_SFIXED;
   gc_fullsweep(g, &g->gc.root);
-  strmask = g->strmask;
-  for (i = 0; i <= strmask; i++)  /* Free all string hash chains. */
+  for (i = g->strmask; i != ~(MSize)0; i--)  /* Free all string hash chains. */
     gc_fullsweep(g, &g->strhash[i]);
 }