diff --git a/bootstraptest/test_ractor.rb b/bootstraptest/test_ractor.rb
index 96c0f276a1..f92b604d2a 100644
--- a/bootstraptest/test_ractor.rb
+++ b/bootstraptest/test_ractor.rb
@@ -1494,8 +1494,9 @@ assert_equal "#{n}#{n}", %Q{
 
 # NameError
 assert_equal "ok", %q{
+  obj = "".freeze # NameError refers the receiver indirectly
   begin
-    bar
+    obj.bar
   rescue => err
   end
   begin
diff --git a/ractor.c b/ractor.c
index c18219e683..8c367e17cb 100644
--- a/ractor.c
+++ b/ractor.c
@@ -3127,7 +3127,7 @@ obj_refer_only_shareables_p_i(VALUE obj, void *ptr)
     int *pcnt = (int *)ptr;
 
     if (!rb_ractor_shareable_p(obj)) {
-        *pcnt++;
+        ++*pcnt;
     }
 }