diff --git a/src/lj_jit.h b/src/lj_jit.h
index 41a3fe9a..69a066ce 100644
--- a/src/lj_jit.h
+++ b/src/lj_jit.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
   _(\012, instunroll,	4)	/* Max. unroll for instable loops. */ \
   _(\012, loopunroll,	7)	/* Max. unroll for loop ops in side traces. */ \
   _(\012, callunroll,	3)	/* Max. unroll for recursive calls. */ \
-  _(\011, recunroll,	0)	/* Max. unroll for true recursion. */ \
+  _(\011, recunroll,	2)	/* Max. unroll for true recursion. */ \
   \
   /* Size of each machine code area (in KBytes). */ \
   _(\011, sizemcode,	JIT_P_sizemcode_DEFAULT) \
diff --git a/src/lj_record.c b/src/lj_record.c
index 42f9a8ae..45a8ef5f 100644
--- a/src/lj_record.c
+++ b/src/lj_record.c
@@ -1726,8 +1726,10 @@ static void check_call_unroll(jit_State *J)
     if ((J->slot[s] & TREF_FRAME) && tref_ref(J->slot[s]) == fref)
       count++;
   if (J->pc == J->startpc) {
-    if (count + (int32_t)(J->tailcalled & 0xff) > J->param[JIT_P_recunroll])
-      lj_trace_err(J, LJ_TRERR_NYIRECU);
+    if (count + (int32_t)(J->tailcalled & 0xff) > J->param[JIT_P_recunroll]) {
+      J->pc++;
+      rec_stop(J, J->curtrace);  /* Up-recursion or tail-recursion. */
+    }
   } else {
     if (count > J->param[JIT_P_callunroll])
       lj_trace_err(J, LJ_TRERR_CUNROLL);
diff --git a/src/lj_traceerr.h b/src/lj_traceerr.h
index 89ab04d1..abc53024 100644
--- a/src/lj_traceerr.h
+++ b/src/lj_traceerr.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ TREDEF(LBLACKL,	"blacklisted loop")
 TREDEF(BADTYPE,	"bad argument type")
 TREDEF(CJITOFF,	"call to JIT-disabled function")
 TREDEF(CUNROLL,	"call unroll limit reached")
-TREDEF(NYIRECU,	"NYI: recursive calls")
 TREDEF(NYIVF,	"NYI: vararg function")
 TREDEF(NYICF,	"NYI: C function %p")
 TREDEF(NYIFF,	"NYI: FastFunc %s")