diff --git a/Source/NSObject.m b/Source/NSObject.m
index 754e1ed13..09d3c533e 100644
--- a/Source/NSObject.m
+++ b/Source/NSObject.m
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ objc_create_block_classes_as_subclasses_of(Class super);
 #ifdef OBJC_CAP_ARC
 static id gs_weak_load(id obj)
 {
-	return (NSExtraRefCount(obj) + 1) > 0 ? obj : nil;
+	return [obj retainCount] > 0 ? obj : nil;
 }
 #endif