diff --git a/src/Lua/Runtime/LuaVirtualMachine.cs b/src/Lua/Runtime/LuaVirtualMachine.cs
index b7ee568d..e8b5af76 100644
--- a/src/Lua/Runtime/LuaVirtualMachine.cs
+++ b/src/Lua/Runtime/LuaVirtualMachine.cs
@@ -339,6 +339,11 @@ enum PostOperationType
 
     internal static ValueTask<int> ExecuteClosureAsync(LuaState state, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
+        if (!RuntimeHelpers.TryEnsureSufficientExecutionStack())
+        {
+            throw new LuaStackOverflowException();
+        }
+
         ref readonly var frame = ref state.GetCurrentFrame();
 
         var context = VirtualMachineExecutionContext.Get(state, in frame,