diff --git a/lupa/_lupa.pyx b/lupa/_lupa.pyx
index 9af27175..4a4841f7 100644
--- a/lupa/_lupa.pyx
+++ b/lupa/_lupa.pyx
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ cdef class _LuaObject:
     def __dealloc__(self):
         if self._runtime is None:
             return
-        cdef lua_State* L = self._state
+        cdef lua_State* L = self._runtime._state
         if L is not NULL and self._ref != lua.LUA_NOREF:
             locked = lock_runtime(self._runtime)
             lua.luaL_unref(L, lua.LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, self._ref)
diff --git a/lupa/tests/test.py b/lupa/tests/test.py
index d8706919..bace4091 100644
--- a/lupa/tests/test.py
+++ b/lupa/tests/test.py
@@ -2972,6 +2972,49 @@ def test_bad_tostring(self):
     def test_tostring_err(self):
         self.assertRaises(lupa.LuaError, str, self.lua.eval('setmetatable({}, {__tostring = function() error() end})'))
 
+class TestSigSegScenarios(SetupLuaRuntimeMixin, unittest.TestCase):
+    class PendingRequest(object):
+
+        def __init__(self, callback):
+            self.__callback = callback
+
+    def make_request(self, callback):
+        return TestSigSegScenarios.PendingRequest(callback)
+
+    def test_callback_passing(self):
+        self.lua.globals().make_request = self.make_request
+        run = self.lua.eval("""
+        function()
+            make_request(function() end)
+        end
+        """)
+
+        for i in range(10000):
+            thread = run.coroutine()
+            try:
+                thread.send(None)
+            except StopIteration:
+                pass
+
+        # assert no segmentation fault
+
+    def test_callback_passing_with_exception(self):
+        self.lua.globals().make_request = self.make_request
+        run = self.lua.eval("""
+           function()
+               make_request(function() end)
+               error('test error')
+           end
+           """)
+
+        for i in range(10000):
+            thread = run.coroutine()
+            try:
+                thread.send(None)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+
+        # assert no segmentation fault
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     def print_version():