diff --git a/src/mono/mono/metadata/object.c b/src/mono/mono/metadata/object.c
index 4e601cca8c5e72..b4a19469544991 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/metadata/object.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/metadata/object.c
@@ -4148,7 +4148,7 @@ mono_unhandled_exception_internal (MonoObject *exc_raw)
 void
 mono_unhandled_exception (MonoObject *exc)
 {
-	MONO_EXTERNAL_ONLY_VOID (mono_unhandled_exception_internal (exc));
+	MONO_EXTERNAL_ONLY_GC_UNSAFE_VOID (mono_unhandled_exception_internal (exc));
 }
 
 static MonoObjectHandle