--- a/js/src/gc/GC.cpp
+++ b/js/src/gc/GC.cpp
@@ -1065,16 +1065,31 @@ static const mozilla::EnumSet<ZealMode> 
     ZealMode::YieldBeforeSweepingShapeTrees
 };
 
 void
 GCRuntime::setZeal(uint8_t zeal, uint32_t frequency)
 {
     MOZ_ASSERT(zeal <= unsigned(ZealMode::Limit));
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_WASM_GC
+    // If we run with wasm-gc enabled and there's wasm frames on the stack,
+    // then GCs are suppressed and we should not allow to set the GC zeal,
+    // which presupposes that GC can be run right away.
+    // TODO (bug 1456824) This is temporary and should be removed once proper
+    // GC support is implemented.
+    JSContext* cx = rt->mainContextFromOwnThread();
+    if (cx->options().wasmGc()) {
+        for (FrameIter iter(cx); !iter.done(); ++iter) {
+            if (iter.isWasm())
+                return;
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
     if (verifyPreData)
         VerifyBarriers(rt, PreBarrierVerifier);
 
     if (zeal == 0) {
         if (hasZealMode(ZealMode::GenerationalGC)) {
             evictNursery(JS::gcreason::DEBUG_GC);
             nursery().leaveZealMode();
         }
@@ -3992,17 +4007,17 @@ class MOZ_RAII js::gc::AutoRunParallelTa
 
     void run() override {
         func_(runtime());
     }
 };
 
 void
 GCRuntime::purgeRuntimeForMinorGC()
-{ 
+{
     // If external strings become nursery allocable, remember to call
     // zone->externalStringCache().purge() (and delete this assert.)
     MOZ_ASSERT(!IsNurseryAllocable(AllocKind::EXTERNAL_STRING));
 
     for (ZonesIter zone(rt, SkipAtoms); !zone.done(); zone.next())
         zone->functionToStringCache().purge();
 
     rt->caches().purgeForMinorGC(rt);

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/src/jit-test/tests/wasm/gc/block-gczeal.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+wasmEvalText(`(module
+    (import "global" "func" (result i32))
+    (func (export "func_0") (result i32)
+     call 0 ;; calls the import, which is func #0
+    )
+)`, { global: {
+    func() {
+        gczeal(7,6);
+        gczeal();
+    }
+} }).exports.func_0();