1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lvm.c b/lvm.c
index aa3b22bf..ccebdbe0 100644
--- a/lvm.c
+++ b/lvm.c
@@ -337,10 +337,7 @@ void luaV_finishset (lua_State *L, const TValue *t, TValue *key,
       lua_assert(isempty(slot));  /* slot must be empty */
       tm = fasttm(L, h->metatable, TM_NEWINDEX);  /* get metamethod */
       if (tm == NULL) {  /* no metamethod? */
-        if (isabstkey(slot))  /* no previous entry? */
-          slot = luaH_newkey(L, h, key);  /* create one */
-        /* no metamethod and (now) there is an entry with given key */
-        setobj2t(L, cast(TValue *, slot), val);  /* set its new value */
+        luaH_finishset(L, h, key, slot, val);  /* set new value */
         invalidateTMcache(h);
         luaC_barrierback(L, obj2gco(h), val);
         return;