diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index f1e89e760aa1c..dd3376c334a37 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -6679,6 +6679,7 @@ static jl_cgval_t emit_cfunction(jl_codectx_t &ctx, jl_value_t *output_type, con
     if (ctx.emission_context.TargetTriple.isAArch64() || ctx.emission_context.TargetTriple.isARM() || ctx.emission_context.TargetTriple.isPPC64()) {
         if (nest) {
             emit_error(ctx, "cfunction: closures are not supported on this platform");
+            JL_GC_POP();
             return jl_cgval_t();
         }
     }