diff --git a/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp b/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp
index 2aba247257637..98e81eddd2c51 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp
@@ -7318,10 +7318,14 @@ bool gc_heap::virtual_commit (void* address, size_t size, int bucket, int h_numb
 #endif //USE_REGIONS
 
     dprintf(3, ("commit-accounting:  commit in %d [%p, %p) for heap %d", bucket, address, ((uint8_t*)address + size), h_number));
-
-#ifndef USE_REGIONS
-    if (bucket != recorded_committed_ignored_bucket)
+    bool should_count =
+#ifdef USE_REGIONS
+        true;
+#else
+        (bucket != recorded_committed_ignored_bucket);
 #endif //USE_REGIONS
+
+    if (should_count)
     {
         check_commit_cs.Enter();
         bool exceeded_p = false;
@@ -7381,7 +7385,7 @@ bool gc_heap::virtual_commit (void* address, size_t size, int bucket, int h_numb
                               virtual_alloc_commit_for_heap (address, size, h_number)) :
                               GCToOSInterface::VirtualCommit(address, size));
 
-    if (!commit_succeeded_p && heap_hard_limit)
+    if (!commit_succeeded_p && should_count)
     {
         check_commit_cs.Enter();
         committed_by_oh[bucket] -= size;