From 3c55a51afb156c216458b0434e072814b2a9aa33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kleis Auke Wolthuizen <github@kleisauke.nl>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:27:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure GC restarts when gainmap is missing

---
 src/vips/Image_methods.lua | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/vips/Image_methods.lua b/src/vips/Image_methods.lua
index c9a1ef8..dceeea9 100644
--- a/src/vips/Image_methods.lua
+++ b/src/vips/Image_methods.lua
@@ -500,11 +500,11 @@ end
 function Image_method:get_gainmap()
     collectgarbage("stop")
     local vimage = vips_lib.vips_image_get_gainmap(self.vimage)
+    collectgarbage("restart")
     if vimage == ffi.NULL then
         return nil
     end
 
-    collectgarbage("restart")
     return Image.new(vimage)
 end
 -- standard header fields