diff --git a/src/core/org/luaj/vm/LuaState.java b/src/core/org/luaj/vm/LuaState.java
index 49a48ef3..c698a544 100644
--- a/src/core/org/luaj/vm/LuaState.java
+++ b/src/core/org/luaj/vm/LuaState.java
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ public class LuaState extends Lua {
             case LuaState.OP_CLOSURE: {
                 b = LuaState.GETARG_Bx(i);
                 proto = cl.p.p[b];
-                newClosure = new LClosure(proto, _G);
+                newClosure = new LClosure(proto, cl.env);
                 for (int j = 0; j < newClosure.upVals.length; j++, ci.pc++) {
                     i = code[ci.pc];
                     o = LuaState.GET_OPCODE(i);
diff --git a/src/test/res/req/subsample.lua b/src/test/res/req/subsample.lua
index 111fc695..a53ed885 100644
--- a/src/test/res/req/subsample.lua
+++ b/src/test/res/req/subsample.lua
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 -- helper file for require() tests
+require 'ids'
+print( 'in subsample (before module statement)' )
+print( 'env', id(getfenv()), '_G', id(_G), '_NAME', _NAME, '_M', id(_M), '_PACKAGE', _PACKAGE )
 module( 'req.subsample', package.seeall )
+
+print( 'in subsample (after module statement)' )
+print( 'env', id(getfenv()), '_G', id(_G), '_NAME', _NAME, '_M', id(_M), '_PACKAGE', _PACKAGE )
 function h()
 	print 'in subsample.h' 
+	print( 'env', id(getfenv()), '_G', id(_G), '_NAME', _NAME, '_M', id(_M), '_PACKAGE', _PACKAGE )
 end
 print 'loading subsample.lua'
+h()
 return 'return value from subsample', 'second return value from subsample'