2 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/gc.c b/gc.c
index 7c972f5b50..c02ac627f0 100644
--- a/gc.c
+++ b/gc.c
@@ -2386,12 +2386,6 @@ Init_heap(void)
 {
     rb_objspace_t *objspace = &rb_objspace;
 
-    gc_stress_set(objspace, ruby_initial_gc_stress);
-
-    dont_gc = 1;
-
-    gc_stress_set(objspace, ruby_initial_gc_stress);
-
 #if RGENGC_ESTIMATE_OLDMALLOC
     objspace->rgengc.oldmalloc_increase_limit = gc_params.oldmalloc_limit_min;
 #endif
@@ -2418,7 +2412,7 @@ Init_gc_stress(void)
 {
     rb_objspace_t *objspace = &rb_objspace;
 
-    dont_gc = 0;
+    gc_stress_set(objspace, ruby_initial_gc_stress);
 }
 
 typedef int each_obj_callback(void *, void *, size_t, void *);
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index c4da85282a..17bb5c8cb4 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #define RUBY_VERSION "2.5.6"
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2019-08-27"
-#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 195
+#define RUBY_PATCHLEVEL 196
 
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_YEAR 2019
 #define RUBY_RELEASE_MONTH 8