diff --git a/lapi.c b/lapi.c
index 0c88751a..55e371dc 100644
--- a/lapi.c
+++ b/lapi.c
@@ -440,7 +440,13 @@ LUA_API lua_Unsigned lua_rawlen (lua_State *L, int idx) {
     case LUA_VSHRSTR: return cast(lua_Unsigned, tsvalue(o)->shrlen);
     case LUA_VLNGSTR: return cast(lua_Unsigned, tsvalue(o)->u.lnglen);
     case LUA_VUSERDATA: return cast(lua_Unsigned, uvalue(o)->len);
-    case LUA_VTABLE: return luaH_getn(L, hvalue(o));
+    case LUA_VTABLE: {
+      lua_Unsigned res;
+      lua_lock(L);
+      res = luaH_getn(L, hvalue(o));
+      lua_unlock(L);
+      return res;
+    }
     default: return 0;
   }
 }