diff --git a/gc.c b/gc.c
index bfd6689f8a..ad83006ea0 100644
--- a/gc.c
+++ b/gc.c
@@ -4004,6 +4004,7 @@ ruby_stack_length(VALUE **p)
     return STACK_LENGTH;
 }
 
+#define PREVENT_STACK_OVERFLOW 1
 #ifndef PREVENT_STACK_OVERFLOW
 #if !(defined(POSIX_SIGNAL) && defined(SIGSEGV) && defined(HAVE_SIGALTSTACK))
 # define PREVENT_STACK_OVERFLOW 1
diff --git a/vm.c b/vm.c
index ea3cf6da3f..1da03c4566 100644
--- a/vm.c
+++ b/vm.c
@@ -1018,6 +1018,7 @@ invoke_iseq_block_from_c(rb_thread_t *th, const struct rb_captured_block *captur
     VALUE *sp = cfp->sp;
     const rb_callable_method_entry_t *me = th->passed_bmethod_me;
     th->passed_bmethod_me = NULL;
+    stack_check(th);
 
     CHECK_VM_STACK_OVERFLOW(cfp, argc);
     cfp->sp = sp + argc;
diff --git a/vm_eval.c b/vm_eval.c
index 1948c4215b..479cda6da0 100644
--- a/vm_eval.c
+++ b/vm_eval.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ stack_check(rb_thread_t *th)
     if (!rb_thread_raised_p(th, RAISED_STACKOVERFLOW) &&
 	rb_threadptr_stack_check(th)) {
 	rb_thread_raised_set(th, RAISED_STACKOVERFLOW);
-	rb_exc_raise(sysstack_error);
+	rb_threadptr_stack_overflow(th);
     }
 }