diff --git a/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp b/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp
index 2ae2be2d8a6a4e..32943d2439738b 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp
@@ -43371,6 +43371,7 @@ unsigned int GCHeap::GetGenerationWithRange (Object* object, uint8_t** ppStart,
         }
         if (generation == -1)
         {
+            generation = max_generation;
             *ppStart = heap_segment_mem (hs);
             *ppAllocated = *ppReserved = generation_allocation_start (hp->generation_of (max_generation - 1));
         }