diff --git a/src/Lua/CodeAnalysis/Compilation/Parser.cs b/src/Lua/CodeAnalysis/Compilation/Parser.cs
index 6680058d..48a8caa1 100644
--- a/src/Lua/CodeAnalysis/Compilation/Parser.cs
+++ b/src/Lua/CodeAnalysis/Compilation/Parser.cs
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ public void LeaveLevel()
 
     public TempBlock EnterLevel()
     {
+        if (!RuntimeHelpers.TryEnsureSufficientExecutionStack())
+        {
+            Scanner.SyntaxError("too many syntax levels");
+        }
+
         Scanner.L.CallCount++;
         CheckLimit(Scanner.L.CallCount, MaxCallCount, "Go levels");
         return new(Scanner.L);