From 98cdfe073e827f05a8de02ffdce6e5f5d377f308 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Araq <rumpf_a@web.de>
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 14:24:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #10271 [backport]

(cherry picked from commit 451377f737ab4b21a96c1ca3f3646c86c275a2b3)
---
 lib/system/gc_ms.nim | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/system/gc_ms.nim b/lib/system/gc_ms.nim
index 96221b175b838..13a56e8327c77 100644
--- a/lib/system/gc_ms.nim
+++ b/lib/system/gc_ms.nim
@@ -497,8 +497,9 @@ proc collectCTBody(gch: var GcHeap) =
   sysAssert(allocInv(gch.region), "collectCT: end")
 
 proc collectCT(gch: var GcHeap; size: int) =
+  let fmem = getFreeMem(gch.region)
   if (getOccupiedMem(gch.region) >= gch.cycleThreshold or
-      size > getFreeMem(gch.region)) and gch.recGcLock == 0:
+      size > fmem and fmem > InitialThreshold) and gch.recGcLock == 0:
     collectCTBody(gch)
 
 when not defined(useNimRtl):