1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ltable.c b/ltable.c
index d7eb69a2..5a0d066f 100644
--- a/ltable.c
+++ b/ltable.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ Table *luaH_new (lua_State *L) {
   GCObject *o = luaC_newobj(L, LUA_VTABLE, sizeof(Table));
   Table *t = gco2t(o);
   t->metatable = NULL;
-  t->flags = cast_byte(~0);
+  t->flags = cast_byte(maskflags);  /* table has no metamethod fields */
   t->array = NULL;
   t->alimit = 0;
   setnodevector(L, t, 0);