diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 47fb434647..fed606d2d2 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ void freeLuaScriptsSync(dict *lua_scripts, list *lua_scripts_lru_list, lua_State
     unsigned int lua_tcache = (unsigned int)(uintptr_t)ud;
 #endif
 
+    lua_gc(lua, LUA_GCCOLLECT, 0);
     lua_close(lua);
 
 #if defined(USE_JEMALLOC)
diff --git a/src/function_lua.c b/src/function_lua.c
index 37069ec213..ff471f2ac5 100644
--- a/src/function_lua.c
+++ b/src/function_lua.c
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ static void luaEngineFreeCtx(void *engine_ctx) {
     unsigned int lua_tcache = (unsigned int)(uintptr_t)ud;
 #endif
 
+    lua_gc(lua_engine_ctx->lua, LUA_GCCOLLECT, 0);
     lua_close(lua_engine_ctx->lua);
     zfree(lua_engine_ctx);