5 files changed, 3 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/perl.c b/perl.c
index aa37e2f15b..f32e346950 100644
--- a/perl.c
+++ b/perl.c
@@ -699,9 +699,6 @@ perl_destruct(pTHXx)
     SvFLAGS(PL_fdpid) |= SVTYPEMASK;		/* don't clean out pid table now */
     SvFLAGS(PL_strtab) |= SVTYPEMASK;		/* don't clean out strtab now */
 
-    PL_comppad = Null(PAD*);
-    PL_curpad = Null(SV**);
-
     /* the 2 is for PL_fdpid and PL_strtab */
     while (PL_sv_count > 2 && sv_clean_all())
 	;
diff --git a/scope.c b/scope.c
index 1da8ebe29b..2c2ce3698e 100644
--- a/scope.c
+++ b/scope.c
@@ -1045,10 +1045,8 @@ Perl_leave_scope(pTHX_ I32 base)
 	    break;
 	case SAVEt_COMPPAD:
 	    PL_comppad = (PAD*)SSPOPPTR;
-	    if (PL_comppad) {
+	    if (PL_comppad)
 		PL_curpad = AvARRAY(PL_comppad);
-		SvREFCNT_dec(PL_comppad);
-	    }		    
 	    else
 		PL_curpad = Null(SV**);
 	    break;
diff --git a/scope.h b/scope.h
index c0bd3448b8..50b40faf7d 100644
--- a/scope.h
+++ b/scope.h
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ Closing bracket on a callback.  See C<ENTER> and L<perlcall>.
 	SSCHECK(2);						\
 	SSPUSHPTR((SV*)PL_comppad);				\
 	SSPUSHINT(SAVEt_COMPPAD);				\
-	SvREFCNT_inc(PL_comppad);				\
     } STMT_END
 
 #ifdef USE_ITHREADS
diff --git a/sv.c b/sv.c
index bc53cc4a23..6e64702b70 100644
--- a/sv.c
+++ b/sv.c
@@ -10830,7 +10830,7 @@ Perl_ss_dup(pTHX_ PerlInterpreter *proto_perl, CLONE_PARAMS* param)
 	    break;
 	case SAVEt_COMPPAD:
 	    av = (AV*)POPPTR(ss,ix);
-	    TOPPTR(nss,ix) = av_dup_inc(av, param);
+	    TOPPTR(nss,ix) = av_dup(av, param);
 	    break;
 	case SAVEt_PADSV:
 	    longval = (long)POPLONG(ss,ix);
diff --git a/t/op/closure.t b/t/op/closure.t
index f9da3114e7..2425a59a61 100755
--- a/t/op/closure.t
+++ b/t/op/closure.t
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ BEGIN {
 
 use Config;
 
-print "1..186\n";
+print "1..185\n";
 
 my $test = 1;
 sub test (&) {
@@ -668,16 +668,4 @@ __EOF__
     END { 1 while unlink $progfile }
 }
 
-{
-    # bugid #24914 = used to coredump restoring PL_comppad in the
-    # savestack, due to the early freeing of the anon closure
-
-    my $got = runperl(stderr => 1, prog => 
-'sub d {die} my $f; $f = sub {my $x=1; $f = 0; d}; eval{$f->()}; print qw(ok)'
-    );
-    test { $got eq 'ok' };
-}
-
-
-