diff --git a/src/vm.c b/src/vm.c
index 0fba22c2c..49f10c5a5 100644
--- a/src/vm.c
+++ b/src/vm.c
@@ -1637,6 +1637,10 @@ RETRY_TRY_BLOCK:
         }
         pc += o + 1;
       }
+      /* clear local (but non-argument) variables */
+      if (irep->nlocals-len-2 > 0) {
+        stack_clear(&regs[len+2], irep->nlocals-len-2);
+      }
       JUMP;
     }