diff --git a/lparser.c b/lparser.c
index d1e5db4d..1cac42df 100644
--- a/lparser.c
+++ b/lparser.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lparser.c,v 2.140 2014/07/18 12:17:54 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lparser.c,v 2.141 2014/07/18 13:36:14 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lua Parser
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static int registerlocalvar (LexState *ls, TString *varname) {
                   LocVar, SHRT_MAX, "local variables");
   while (oldsize < f->sizelocvars) f->locvars[oldsize++].varname = NULL;
   f->locvars[fs->nlocvars].varname = varname;
-  luaC_objbarrier(ls->L, f, obj2gco(varname));
+  luaC_objbarrier(ls->L, f, varname);
   return fs->nlocvars++;
 }
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static int newupvalue (FuncState *fs, TString *name, expdesc *v) {
   f->upvalues[fs->nups].instack = (v->k == VLOCAL);
   f->upvalues[fs->nups].idx = cast_byte(v->u.info);
   f->upvalues[fs->nups].name = name;
-  luaC_objbarrier(fs->ls->L, f, obj2gco(name));
+  luaC_objbarrier(fs->ls->L, f, name);
   return fs->nups++;
 }
 
@@ -1630,7 +1630,7 @@ LClosure *luaY_parser (lua_State *L, ZIO *z, Mbuffer *buff,
   incr_top(L);
   funcstate.f = cl->p = luaF_newproto(L);
   funcstate.f->source = luaS_new(L, name);  /* create and anchor TString */
-  luaC_objbarrier(L, funcstate.f, obj2gco(funcstate.f->source));
+  luaC_objbarrier(L, funcstate.f, funcstate.f->source);
   lexstate.buff = buff;
   lexstate.dyd = dyd;
   dyd->actvar.n = dyd->gt.n = dyd->label.n = 0;
diff --git a/lstring.c b/lstring.c
index cb8d1e2a..8e7516af 100644
--- a/lstring.c
+++ b/lstring.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lstring.c,v 2.42 2014/07/18 13:36:14 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lstring.c,v 2.43 2014/07/18 14:46:47 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** String table (keeps all strings handled by Lua)
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ static TString *internshrstr (lua_State *L, const char *str, size_t l) {
     if (l == ts->len &&
         (memcmp(str, getstr(ts), l * sizeof(char)) == 0)) {
       /* found! */
-      if (isdead(g, obj2gco(ts)))  /* dead (but not collected yet)? */
-        changewhite(obj2gco(ts));  /* resurrect it */
+      if (isdead(g, ts))  /* dead (but not collected yet)? */
+        changewhite(ts);  /* resurrect it */
       return ts;
     }
   }
diff --git a/lvm.c b/lvm.c
index 49115c4b..ec5bf62b 100644
--- a/lvm.c
+++ b/lvm.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lvm.c,v 2.218 2014/07/17 12:30:53 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lvm.c,v 2.219 2014/07/18 13:36:14 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lua virtual machine
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ static void pushclosure (lua_State *L, Proto *p, UpVal **encup, StkId base,
     ncl->upvals[i]->refcount++;
     /* new closure is white, so we do not need a barrier here */
   }
-  if (!isblack(obj2gco(p)))  /* cache will not break GC invariant? */
+  if (!isblack(p))  /* cache will not break GC invariant? */
     p->cache = ncl;  /* save it on cache for reuse */
 }