1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gc.c b/gc.c
index 46523dcdc4..41793890ee 100644
--- a/gc.c
+++ b/gc.c
@@ -1909,6 +1909,6 @@ Init_GC(void)
 
     source_filenames = st_init_strtable();
 
-    nomem_error = rb_exc_new2(rb_eNoMemError, "failed to allocate memory");
     rb_global_variable(&nomem_error);
+    nomem_error = rb_exc_new2(rb_eNoMemError, "failed to allocate memory");
 }