diff --git a/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaClosure.java b/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaClosure.java
index e49f60ca..76534c15 100644
--- a/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaClosure.java
+++ b/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaClosure.java
@@ -127,18 +127,20 @@ public class LuaClosure extends LuaFunction {
 		return "function: " + p.toString();
 	}
 	
+	private LuaValue[] getNewStack() {
+		int max = p.maxstacksize;
+		LuaValue[] stack = new LuaValue[max];
+		System.arraycopy(NILS, 0, stack, 0, max);
+		return stack;
+	}
+	
 	public final LuaValue call() {
-		LuaValue[] stack = new LuaValue[p.maxstacksize];
-		for (int i = 0; i < p.numparams; ++i )
-			stack[i] = NIL;
+		LuaValue[] stack = getNewStack();
 		return execute(stack,NONE).arg1();
 	}
 
 	public final LuaValue call(LuaValue arg) {
-		LuaValue[] stack = new LuaValue[p.maxstacksize];
-		System.arraycopy(NILS, 0, stack, 0, p.maxstacksize);
-		for (int i = 1; i < p.numparams; ++i )
-			stack[i] = NIL;
+		LuaValue[] stack = getNewStack();
 		switch ( p.numparams ) {
 		default: stack[0]=arg; return execute(stack,NONE).arg1();
 		case 0: return execute(stack,arg).arg1();
@@ -146,9 +148,7 @@ public class LuaClosure extends LuaFunction {
 	}
 	
 	public final LuaValue call(LuaValue arg1, LuaValue arg2) {
-		LuaValue[] stack = new LuaValue[p.maxstacksize];
-		for (int i = 2; i < p.numparams; ++i )
-			stack[i] = NIL;
+		LuaValue[] stack = getNewStack();
 		switch ( p.numparams ) {
 		default: stack[0]=arg1; stack[1]=arg2; return execute(stack,NONE).arg1();
 		case 1: stack[0]=arg1; return execute(stack,arg2).arg1();
@@ -157,9 +157,7 @@ public class LuaClosure extends LuaFunction {
 	}
 
 	public final LuaValue call(LuaValue arg1, LuaValue arg2, LuaValue arg3) {
-		LuaValue[] stack = new LuaValue[p.maxstacksize];
-		for (int i = 3; i < p.numparams; ++i )
-			stack[i] = NIL;
+		LuaValue[] stack = getNewStack();
 		switch ( p.numparams ) {
 		default: stack[0]=arg1; stack[1]=arg2; stack[2]=arg3; return execute(stack,NONE).arg1();
 		case 2: stack[0]=arg1; stack[1]=arg2; return execute(stack,arg3).arg1();
@@ -173,9 +171,9 @@ public class LuaClosure extends LuaFunction {
 	}
 	
 	public final Varargs onInvoke(Varargs varargs) {
-		LuaValue[] stack = new LuaValue[p.maxstacksize];
+		LuaValue[] stack = getNewStack();
 		for ( int i=0; i<p.numparams; i++ )
-			stack[i] = varargs.arg(i+1);		
+			stack[i] = varargs.arg(i+1);
 		return execute(stack,p.is_vararg!=0? varargs.subargs(p.numparams+1): NONE);
 	}