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diff --git a/src/6model/reprs/VMArray.c b/src/6model/reprs/VMArray.c
index feeeed7..f71e325 100644
--- a/src/6model/reprs/VMArray.c
+++ b/src/6model/reprs/VMArray.c
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ static void set_size_internal(MVMThreadContext *tc, MVMArrayBody *body, MVMuint6
     body->elems = n;
     if (n <= ssize) {
         /* we already have n slots available, we can just return */
+        if (repr_data->slot_type != MVM_ARRAY_OBJ)
+            zero_slots(tc, body, elems, ssize, repr_data->slot_type);
         return;
     }
 
@@ -456,13 +458,6 @@ static void set_elems(MVMThreadContext *tc, MVMSTable *st, MVMObject *root, void
     MVMArrayREPRData *repr_data = (MVMArrayREPRData *)st->REPR_data;
     MVMArrayBody     *body      = (MVMArrayBody *)data;
     enter_single_user(tc, body);
-
-    // if we're downsizing, zero out the elements we're cutting off, to
-    // avoid rogue left over data showing up when we, say, index into those
-    // elements later on https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=127756
-    if (count < body->elems)
-        zero_slots(tc, body, count, body->elems, repr_data->slot_type);
-
     set_size_internal(tc, body, count, repr_data);
     exit_single_user(tc, body);
 }