1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gv.c b/gv.c
index 95d4d36c67..41feaa20d4 100644
--- a/gv.c
+++ b/gv.c
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ Perl_gv_check(pTHX_ HV *stash)
     for (i = 0; i <= (I32) HvMAX(stash); i++) {
 	for (entry = HvARRAY(stash)[i]; entry; entry = HeNEXT(entry)) {
 	    if (HeKEY(entry)[HeKLEN(entry)-1] == ':' &&
-		(gv = (GV*)HeVAL(entry)) && (hv = GvHV(gv)))
+		(gv = (GV*)HeVAL(entry)) && isGV(gv) && (hv = GvHV(gv)))
 	    {
 		if (hv != PL_defstash && hv != stash)
 		     gv_check(hv);              /* nested package */