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diff --git a/src/spesh/facts.c b/src/spesh/facts.c
index a3233f230..410293713 100644
--- a/src/spesh/facts.c
+++ b/src/spesh/facts.c
@@ -127,7 +127,10 @@ static void wval_facts(MVMThreadContext *tc, MVMSpeshGraph *g, MVMuint16 tgt_ori
 static void wvalfrom_facts(MVMThreadContext *tc, MVMSpeshGraph *g, MVMuint16 tgt_orig,
                            MVMuint16 tgt_i, MVMuint16 sslot, MVMint64 idx) {
     MVMSerializationContext *sc = (MVMSerializationContext *)g->spesh_slots[sslot];
-    MVMObject *target = MVM_sc_get_object(tc, sc, idx);
+    MVMObject *target;
+    MVM_gc_allocate_gen2_default_set(tc);
+    target = MVM_sc_get_object(tc, sc, idx);
+    MVM_gc_allocate_gen2_default_clear(tc);
     object_facts(tc, g, tgt_orig, tgt_i, MVM_sc_try_get_object(tc, sc, idx));
 }