diff --git a/src/runtime/mgc.go b/src/runtime/mgc.go
index bb98cf29bc3..e4bbf1f016a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/mgc.go
+++ b/src/runtime/mgc.go
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ top:
 	// endCycle depends on all gcWork cache stats being flushed.
 	// The termination algorithm above ensured that up to
 	// allocations since the ragged barrier.
-	nextTriggerRatio := gcController.endCycle()
+	nextTriggerRatio := gcController.endCycle(work.userForced)
 
 	// Perform mark termination. This will restart the world.
 	gcMarkTermination(nextTriggerRatio)
diff --git a/src/runtime/mgcpacer.go b/src/runtime/mgcpacer.go
index ba16c590520..6bf3e3f2788 100644
--- a/src/runtime/mgcpacer.go
+++ b/src/runtime/mgcpacer.go
@@ -444,8 +444,10 @@ func (c *gcControllerState) revise() {
 }
 
 // endCycle computes the trigger ratio for the next cycle.
-func (c *gcControllerState) endCycle() float64 {
-	if work.userForced {
+// userForced indicates whether the current GC cycle was forced
+// by the application.
+func (c *gcControllerState) endCycle(userForced bool) float64 {
+	if userForced {
 		// Forced GC means this cycle didn't start at the
 		// trigger, so where it finished isn't good
 		// information about how to adjust the trigger.