diff --git a/lopcodes.c b/lopcodes.c
index 65169e7a..51c85275 100644
--- a/lopcodes.c
+++ b/lopcodes.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lopcodes.c,v 1.43 2010/03/12 19:14:06 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lopcodes.c,v 1.44 2010/10/13 16:45:54 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
 
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ LUAI_DDEF const char *const luaP_opnames[NUM_OPCODES+1] = {
   "TFORCALL",
   "TFORLOOP",
   "SETLIST",
-  "CLOSE",
   "CLOSURE",
   "VARARG",
   "EXTRAARG",
@@ -98,7 +97,6 @@ LUAI_DDEF const lu_byte luaP_opmodes[NUM_OPCODES] = {
  ,opmode(0, 0, OpArgN, OpArgU, iABC)		/* OP_TFORCALL */
  ,opmode(0, 1, OpArgR, OpArgN, iAsBx)		/* OP_TFORLOOP */
  ,opmode(0, 0, OpArgU, OpArgU, iABC)		/* OP_SETLIST */
- ,opmode(0, 0, OpArgN, OpArgN, iABC)		/* OP_CLOSE */
  ,opmode(0, 1, OpArgU, OpArgN, iABx)		/* OP_CLOSURE */
  ,opmode(0, 1, OpArgU, OpArgN, iABC)		/* OP_VARARG */
  ,opmode(0, 0, OpArgU, OpArgU, iAx)		/* OP_EXTRAARG */
diff --git a/lopcodes.h b/lopcodes.h
index f606ab0a..9009b382 100644
--- a/lopcodes.h
+++ b/lopcodes.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lopcodes.h,v 1.137 2010/10/25 12:24:55 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lopcodes.h,v 1.138 2011/02/01 18:03:10 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Opcodes for Lua virtual machine
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ OP_TFORLOOP,/*	A sBx	if R(A+1) ~= nil then { R(A)=R(A+1); pc += sBx }*/
 
 OP_SETLIST,/*	A B C	R(A)[(C-1)*FPF+i] := R(A+i), 1 <= i <= B	*/
 
-OP_CLOSE,/*	A	close all upvalues >= R(A)			*/
 OP_CLOSURE,/*	A Bx	R(A) := closure(KPROTO[Bx])			*/
 
 OP_VARARG,/*	A B	R(A), R(A+1), ..., R(A+B-2) = vararg		*/
diff --git a/lparser.c b/lparser.c
index 52c1bbd0..589f2bb6 100644
--- a/lparser.c
+++ b/lparser.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lparser.c,v 2.96 2011/02/01 18:03:10 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lparser.c,v 2.97 2011/02/04 17:34:43 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lua Parser
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -429,8 +429,12 @@ static void leaveblock (FuncState *fs) {
   removevars(fs, bl->nactvar);
   fs->ls->labell->nlabel = bl->firstlabel;  /* remove local labels */
   movegotosout(fs, bl);
-  if (bl->upval)
-    luaK_codeABC(fs, OP_CLOSE, bl->nactvar, 0, 0);
+  if (bl->upval) {
+    /* create a 'jump to here' to close upvalues */
+    int j = luaK_jump(fs);
+    luaK_patchclose(fs, j, bl->nactvar);
+    luaK_patchtohere(fs, j);
+  }
   /* a block either controls scope or breaks (never both) */
   lua_assert(!bl->isbreakable || !bl->upval);
   lua_assert(bl->nactvar == fs->nactvar);
diff --git a/lvm.c b/lvm.c
index 9ebddc37..fc36e445 100644
--- a/lvm.c
+++ b/lvm.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: lvm.c,v 2.128 2011/02/01 18:03:10 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: lvm.c,v 2.129 2011/02/01 18:32:55 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Lua virtual machine
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 */
@@ -793,9 +793,6 @@ void luaV_execute (lua_State *L) {
         }
         L->top = ci->top;  /* correct top (in case of previous open call) */
       )
-      vmcase(OP_CLOSE,
-        luaF_close(L, ra);
-      )
       vmcase(OP_CLOSURE,
         Proto *p = cl->p->p[GETARG_Bx(i)];
         Closure *ncl = getcached(p, cl->upvals, base);  /* cached closure */