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diff --git a/rts/Messages.c b/rts/Messages.c
index 91ee9a6574..7a37a86259 100644
--- a/rts/Messages.c
+++ b/rts/Messages.c
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ nat messageBlackHole(Capability *cap, MessageBlackHole *msg)
// The blackhole must indirect to a TSO, a BLOCKING_QUEUE, an IND,
// or a value.
loop:
- p = UNTAG_CLOSURE(((StgInd*)bh)->indirectee);
+ // NB. VOLATILE_LOAD(), because otherwise gcc hoists the load
+ // and turns this into an infinite loop.
+ p = UNTAG_CLOSURE((StgClosure*)VOLATILE_LOAD(&((StgInd*)bh)->indirectee));
info = p->header.info;
if (info == &stg_IND_info)