diff --git a/Zend/zend_gc.h b/Zend/zend_gc.h
index 4baca8fe339..d7b4e1a533e 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_gc.h
+++ b/Zend/zend_gc.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ END_EXTERN_C()
 
 static zend_always_inline void gc_check_possible_root(zend_refcounted *ref)
 {
-	if (GC_TYPE_INFO(ref) == IS_REFERENCE) {
+	if (EXPECTED(GC_TYPE_INFO(ref) == IS_REFERENCE)) {
 		zval *zv = &((zend_reference*)ref)->val;
 
 		if (!Z_COLLECTABLE_P(zv)) {