diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 862e889505..920cc5bbe3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Tue Dec  3 17:11:47 2013  Aman Gupta <ruby@tmm1.net>
+
+	* load.c (features_index_add_single): Move loaded_features_index array values off
+	  the ruby heap. [Bug #9201] [ruby-core:58805]
+	* load.c (loaded_features_index_clear_i): Clean up off-heap array structure.
+	* vm.c (rb_vm_mark): Remove unnecessary mark_tbl for loaded_features_index.
+	  This improves minor GC time by 15% in a large application.
+
 Tue Dec  3 17:01:45 2013  Aman Gupta <ruby@tmm1.net>
 
 	* include/ruby/ruby.h (struct RClass): Add wrapper struct around
diff --git a/load.c b/load.c
index 141c02f33b..f31b7aeaca 100644
--- a/load.c
+++ b/load.c
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ features_index_add_single(VALUE short_feature, VALUE offset)
 	VALUE feature_indexes[2];
 	feature_indexes[0] = this_feature_index;
 	feature_indexes[1] = offset;
-	this_feature_index = rb_ary_tmp_new(numberof(feature_indexes));
+	this_feature_index = (VALUE)xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct RArray));
+	RBASIC(this_feature_index)->flags = T_ARRAY; /* fake VALUE, do not mark/sweep */
 	rb_ary_cat(this_feature_index, feature_indexes, numberof(feature_indexes));
 	st_insert(features_index, (st_data_t)short_feature_cstr, (st_data_t)this_feature_index);
     }
@@ -263,6 +264,11 @@ features_index_add(VALUE feature, VALUE offset)
 static int
 loaded_features_index_clear_i(st_data_t key, st_data_t val, st_data_t arg)
 {
+    VALUE obj = (VALUE)val;
+    if (!SPECIAL_CONST_P(obj)) {
+	rb_ary_free(obj);
+	xfree((void *)obj);
+    }
     xfree((char *)key);
     return ST_DELETE;
 }
diff --git a/vm.c b/vm.c
index 7b3447f9c4..cef29978a2 100644
--- a/vm.c
+++ b/vm.c
@@ -1612,9 +1612,6 @@ rb_vm_mark(void *ptr)
 	if (vm->loading_table) {
 	    rb_mark_tbl(vm->loading_table);
 	}
-	if (vm->loaded_features_index) {
-	    rb_mark_tbl(vm->loaded_features_index);
-	}
 
 	rb_vm_trace_mark_event_hooks(&vm->event_hooks);