diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index f8fb429f..ba2d365f 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Thanks to the following people for patches and bug reports:
   * Alexander Shendi
   * Andreas Rottman
   * Bakul Shah
+  * Ben Weaver
   * Bruno Deferrari
   * Doug Currie
   * Derrick Eddington
diff --git a/gc.c b/gc.c
index 88fcca86..ae32e0f0 100644
--- a/gc.c
+++ b/gc.c
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ void sexp_release_object(sexp ctx, sexp x) {
        ls1=ls2, ls2=sexp_cdr(ls2))
     if (sexp_car(ls2) == x) {
       if (ls1) sexp_cdr(ls1) = sexp_cdr(ls2);
-      else sexp_global(ctx, SEXP_G_PRESERVATIVES) = ls2;
+      else sexp_global(ctx, SEXP_G_PRESERVATIVES) = sexp_cdr(ls2);
+      break;
     }
 }