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diff --git a/libgc/mark_rts.c b/libgc/mark_rts.c
index 55eb5d54339..4074879a71a 100644
--- a/libgc/mark_rts.c
+++ b/libgc/mark_rts.c
@@ -368,8 +368,11 @@ ptr_t p;
 
 ptr_t GC_approx_sp()
 {
-    word dummy;
+    VOLATILE word dummy;
 
+    dummy = 42;	/* Force stack to grow if necessary.	Otherwise the	*/
+    		/* later accesses might cause the kernel to think we're	*/
+    		/* doing something wrong.				*/
 #   ifdef _MSC_VER
 #     pragma warning(disable:4172)
 #   endif