diff --git a/src/lj_record.c b/src/lj_record.c
index bfd41236..79ee6172 100644
--- a/src/lj_record.c
+++ b/src/lj_record.c
@@ -1945,6 +1945,8 @@ static void rec_varg(jit_State *J, BCReg dst, ptrdiff_t nresults)
     } else if (dst + nresults > J->maxslot) {
       J->maxslot = dst + (BCReg)nresults;
     }
+    if (J->baseslot + J->maxslot >= LJ_MAX_JSLOTS)
+      lj_trace_err(J, LJ_TRERR_STACKOV);
     for (i = 0; i < nresults; i++)
       J->base[dst+i] = i < nvararg ? getslot(J, i - nvararg - 1 - LJ_FR2) : TREF_NIL;
   } else {  /* Unknown number of varargs passed to trace. */
@@ -2022,8 +2024,6 @@ static void rec_varg(jit_State *J, BCReg dst, ptrdiff_t nresults)
       lj_trace_err_info(J, LJ_TRERR_NYIBC);
     }
   }
-  if (J->baseslot + J->maxslot >= LJ_MAX_JSLOTS)
-    lj_trace_err(J, LJ_TRERR_STACKOV);
 }
 
 /* -- Record allocations -------------------------------------------------- */