diff --git a/racket/src/racket/gc2/newgc.c b/racket/src/racket/gc2/newgc.c
index 5baf3e8db2..7881929c2d 100644
--- a/racket/src/racket/gc2/newgc.c
+++ b/racket/src/racket/gc2/newgc.c
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ static void NewGC_initialize(NewGC *newgc, NewGC *inheritgc, NewGC *parentgc) {
       memcpy(newgc->mark_table, inheritgc->mark_table, newgc->number_of_tags * sizeof(Mark2_Proc));
       memcpy(newgc->fixup_table, inheritgc->fixup_table, newgc->number_of_tags * sizeof(Fixup2_Proc));
     }
-    newgc->avoid_collection = 0;
+    newgc->avoid_collection = inheritgc->avoid_collection;
 #ifdef MZ_USE_PLACES
     newgc->parent_gc = parentgc;
 #endif