diff --git a/gc.c b/gc.c
index 3fcd4ef67b..db6fa9c861 100644
--- a/gc.c
+++ b/gc.c
@@ -1007,6 +1007,11 @@ asan_unlock_freelist(struct heap_page *page)
 /* Aliases */
 #define rb_objspace (*rb_objspace_of(GET_VM()))
 #define rb_objspace_of(vm) ((vm)->objspace)
+#define unless_objspace(objspace) \
+    rb_objspace_t *objspace; \
+    rb_vm_t *unless_objspace_vm = GET_VM(); \
+    if (unless_objspace_vm) objspace = unless_objspace_vm->objspace; \
+    else /* return; or objspace will be warned uninitialized */
 
 #define ruby_initial_gc_stress	gc_params.gc_stress
 
@@ -10914,7 +10919,7 @@ rb_gc_start(void)
 void
 rb_gc(void)
 {
-    rb_objspace_t *objspace = &rb_objspace;
+    unless_objspace(objspace) { return; }
     unsigned int reason = GPR_DEFAULT_REASON;
     garbage_collect(objspace, reason);
 }
@@ -10922,7 +10927,7 @@ rb_gc(void)
 int
 rb_during_gc(void)
 {
-    rb_objspace_t *objspace = &rb_objspace;
+    unless_objspace(objspace) { return FALSE; }
     return during_gc;
 }
 
@@ -12740,7 +12745,8 @@ gc_malloc_allocations(VALUE self)
 void
 rb_gc_adjust_memory_usage(ssize_t diff)
 {
-    rb_objspace_t *objspace = &rb_objspace;
+    unless_objspace(objspace) { return; }
+
     if (diff > 0) {
         objspace_malloc_increase(objspace, 0, diff, 0, MEMOP_TYPE_REALLOC);
     }