fatal error during garbage collection

In version 5.5.40, I encounter the following error message when I run my 
SWI-Prolog application:
[FATAL ERROR:
                Received signal 11 (segv) while in 15-th garbage 
collection]
With the same memory settings (16M, 64M, 16M for local, global, trail 
stacks respectively) within SWI-Prolog-Editor, the same application runs 
without error.  This particular app must explore a very large search 
space and has the potential for significant backtracking. 

Any ideas on the source of the problem?