diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php
index 674276c..02c97f5 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/DrupalKernel.php
@@ -871,11 +871,11 @@ protected function initializeContainer() {
     // one from scratch.
     if (!isset($container) && !isset($container_definition)) {
       // Building the container creates 1000s of objects. Garbage collection of
-      // these objects is expensive. Additionally, it appears to be causing
-      // random segmentation faults in PHP 5.6 due to
+      // these objects is expensive. This appears to be causing random
+      // segmentation faults in PHP 5.6 due to
       // https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72286. Once the container is rebuilt,
       // garbage collection is re-enabled.
-      $disable_gc = gc_enabled();
+      $disable_gc = version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '7', '<') && gc_enabled();
       if ($disable_gc) {
         gc_collect_cycles();
         gc_disable();