diff --git a/lapi.c b/lapi.c
index c43f601e..a8eb128c 100644
--- a/lapi.c
+++ b/lapi.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lapi.c,v 2.96 2009/11/05 17:26:00 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lapi.c,v 2.97 2009/11/06 17:03:37 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lua API
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ static void moveto (lua_State *L, TValue *fr, int idx) {
     if (idx < LUA_GLOBALSINDEX)  /* function upvalue? */
       luaC_barrier(L, curr_func(L), fr);
   }
-  /* LUA_GLOBALSINDEX does not need gc barrier (threads are never black) */
+  /* LUA_GLOBALSINDEX and LUA_REGISTRYINDEX do not need gc barrier
+     (collector revisits them before finishing collection) */
 }
 
 
diff --git a/lgc.c b/lgc.c
index b6bf9d04..91ed52dd 100644
--- a/lgc.c
+++ b/lgc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lgc.c,v 2.59 2009/11/05 17:43:54 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lgc.c,v 2.60 2009/11/06 17:06:19 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Garbage Collector
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -709,6 +709,9 @@ void luaC_freeall (lua_State *L) {
 static void atomic (lua_State *L) {
   global_State *g = G(L);
   size_t udsize;  /* total size of userdata to be finalized */
+  /* global table and registry may be changed by API */
+  markvalue(g, &g->l_gt);
+  markvalue(g, &g->l_registry);
   /* remark occasional upvalues of (maybe) dead threads */
   g->gcstate = GCSatomic;
   remarkupvals(g);