diff --git a/src/blua/lvm.c b/src/blua/lvm.c
index b654613f4..46a015c1e 100644
--- a/src/blua/lvm.c
+++ b/src/blua/lvm.c
@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ static void Arith (lua_State *L, StkId ra, TValue *rb,
       case TM_ADD: setnvalue(ra, luai_numadd(nb, nc)); break;
       case TM_SUB: setnvalue(ra, luai_numsub(nb, nc)); break;
       case TM_MUL: setnvalue(ra, luai_nummul(nb, nc)); break;
-      case TM_DIV: if (nc == 0) { lua_pushliteral(L, "divide by zero error"); lua_error(L); } else setnvalue(ra, luai_numdiv(nb, nc)); break;
-      case TM_MOD: if (nc == 0) { lua_pushliteral(L, "modulo by zero error"); lua_error(L); } else setnvalue(ra, luai_nummod(nb, nc)); break;
+      case TM_DIV: if (nc == 0) { luaG_runerror(L, "divide by zero error"); } else setnvalue(ra, luai_numdiv(nb, nc)); break;
+      case TM_MOD: if (nc == 0) { luaG_runerror(L, "modulo by zero error"); } else setnvalue(ra, luai_nummod(nb, nc)); break;
       case TM_POW: setnvalue(ra, luai_numpow(nb, nc)); break;
       case TM_UNM: setnvalue(ra, luai_numunm(nb)); break;
       case TM_AND: setnvalue(ra, luai_numand(nb, nc)); break;
@@ -492,8 +492,7 @@ void luaV_execute (lua_State *L, int nexeccalls) {
         if (ttisnumber(rb) && ttisnumber(rc)) {
           lua_Number nb = nvalue(rb), nc = nvalue(rc);
           if (nc == 0) {
-            lua_pushliteral(L, "divide by zero error");
-            lua_error(L);
+            luaG_runerror(L, "divide by zero error");
           }
           else
             setnvalue(ra, luai_numdiv(nb, nc));
@@ -508,8 +507,7 @@ void luaV_execute (lua_State *L, int nexeccalls) {
         if (ttisnumber(rb) && ttisnumber(rc)) {
           lua_Number nb = nvalue(rb), nc = nvalue(rc);
           if (nc == 0) {
-            lua_pushliteral(L, "modulo by zero error");
-            lua_error(L);
+            luaG_runerror(L, "modulo by zero error");
           }
           else
             setnvalue(ra, luai_nummod(nb, nc));