diff --git a/runtime/src/main/cpp/Memory.cpp b/runtime/src/main/cpp/Memory.cpp
index 1eebfe9961d..438ad78db5d 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/cpp/Memory.cpp
+++ b/runtime/src/main/cpp/Memory.cpp
@@ -2115,7 +2115,7 @@ void updateHeapRefIfNull(ObjHeader** location, const ObjHeader* object) {
 }
 
 inline void checkIfGcNeeded(MemoryState* state) {
-  if (state != nullptr && state->allocSinceLastGc > state->allocSinceLastGcThreshold) {
+  if (state != nullptr && state->allocSinceLastGc > state->allocSinceLastGcThreshold && state->gcSuspendCount == 0) {
     // To avoid GC trashing check that at least 10ms passed since last GC.
     if (konan::getTimeMicros() - state->lastGcTimestamp > 10 * 1000) {
       GC_LOG("Calling GC from checkIfGcNeeded: %d\n", state->toRelease->size())
@@ -2125,7 +2125,8 @@ inline void checkIfGcNeeded(MemoryState* state) {
 }
 
 inline void checkIfForceCyclicGcNeeded(MemoryState* state) {
-  if (state != nullptr && state->toFree != nullptr && state->toFree->size() > kMaxToFreeSizeThreshold) {
+  if (state != nullptr && state->toFree != nullptr && state->toFree->size() > kMaxToFreeSizeThreshold
+      && state->gcSuspendCount == 0) {
     // To avoid GC trashing check that at least 10ms passed since last GC.
     if (konan::getTimeMicros() - state->lastGcTimestamp > 10 * 1000) {
       GC_LOG("Calling GC from checkIfForceCyclicGcNeeded: %d\n", state->toFree->size())