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diff --git a/py/gc.c b/py/gc.c
index 97868c07f8..7ed53cfc7f 100644
--- a/py/gc.c
+++ b/py/gc.c
@@ -480,12 +480,17 @@ found:
GC_EXIT();
+ #if MICROPY_GC_CONSERVATIVE_CLEAR
+ // be conservative and zero out all the newly allocated blocks
+ memset((byte*)ret_ptr, 0, (end_block - start_block + 1) * BYTES_PER_BLOCK);
+ #else
// zero out the additional bytes of the newly allocated blocks
// This is needed because the blocks may have previously held pointers
// to the heap and will not be set to something else if the caller
// doesn't actually use the entire block. As such they will continue
// to point to the heap and may prevent other blocks from being reclaimed.
memset((byte*)ret_ptr + n_bytes, 0, (end_block - start_block + 1) * BYTES_PER_BLOCK - n_bytes);
+ #endif
#if MICROPY_ENABLE_FINALISER
if (has_finaliser) {
@@ -713,8 +718,13 @@ void *gc_realloc(void *ptr_in, size_t n_bytes, bool allow_move) {
GC_EXIT();
+ #if MICROPY_GC_CONSERVATIVE_CLEAR
+ // be conservative and zero out all the newly allocated blocks
+ memset((byte*)ptr_in + n_blocks * BYTES_PER_BLOCK, 0, (new_blocks - n_blocks) * BYTES_PER_BLOCK);
+ #else
// zero out the additional bytes of the newly allocated blocks (see comment above in gc_alloc)
memset((byte*)ptr_in + n_bytes, 0, new_blocks * BYTES_PER_BLOCK - n_bytes);
+ #endif
#if EXTENSIVE_HEAP_PROFILING
gc_dump_alloc_table();