diff --git a/src/racket/src/future.c b/src/racket/src/future.c
index fc5179d3be..b5254ebec3 100644
--- a/src/racket/src/future.c
+++ b/src/racket/src/future.c
@@ -1240,6 +1240,7 @@ Scheme_Object *scheme_future(int argc, Scheme_Object *argv[])
     return do_make_future(argc, argv);
   else {
     Scheme_Object *proc = argv[0];
+#ifdef MZ_PRECISE_GC
     if (SAME_TYPE(SCHEME_TYPE(proc), scheme_native_closure_type)
         && scheme_native_arity_check(proc, 0)
         && (((Scheme_Native_Closure *)proc)->code->start_code != scheme_on_demand_jit_code)
@@ -1272,6 +1273,10 @@ Scheme_Object *scheme_future(int argc, Scheme_Object *argv[])
     } else {
       return scheme_rtcall_make_future(proc);
     }
+#else
+    /* future-local allocation is not supported */
+    return scheme_rtcall_make_future(proc);
+#endif
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/racket/src/jitcall.c b/src/racket/src/jitcall.c
index aabb02c9a5..581eaf3756 100644
--- a/src/racket/src/jitcall.c
+++ b/src/racket/src/jitcall.c
@@ -155,8 +155,12 @@ static Scheme_Object *ts__scheme_tail_apply_from_native(Scheme_Object *rator, in
 {
   if (scheme_use_rtcall) {
     /* try thread-local allocation: */
-    Scheme_Object **a;    
+    Scheme_Object **a;
+#ifdef MZ_PRECISE_GC
     a = MALLOC_N(Scheme_Object *, argc);
+#else
+    a = NULL; /* future-local allocation is not supported */
+#endif
     if (a) {
       Scheme_Thread *p = scheme_current_thread;
       memcpy(a, argv, argc * sizeof(Scheme_Object*));