diff --git a/src/coreclr/interpreter/compiler.cpp b/src/coreclr/interpreter/compiler.cpp
index ce3dd350da394b..93992918d80066 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/interpreter/compiler.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/interpreter/compiler.cpp
@@ -2870,17 +2870,9 @@ static bool DoesValueTypeContainGCRefs(COMP_HANDLE compHnd, CORINFO_CLASS_HANDLE
     // getClassGClayout assumes it's given a buffer of exactly this size
     unsigned maxGcPtrs = (size + sizeof(void *) - 1) / sizeof(void *);
     BYTE *gcLayout = (BYTE *)alloca(maxGcPtrs + 1);
-    uint32_t numSlots = compHnd->getClassGClayout(clsHnd, gcLayout);
+    uint32_t numGCRefs = compHnd->getClassGClayout(clsHnd, gcLayout);
 
-    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < numSlots; ++i)
-    {
-        if (gcLayout[i] != TYPE_GC_NONE)
-        {
-            return true;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return false;
+    return numGCRefs > 0;
 }
 
 void InterpCompiler::ConvertFloatingPointStackEntryToStackType(StackInfo* entry, StackType type)