diff --git a/src/luajit.c b/src/luajit.c
index 3a3ec247..86134eff 100644
--- a/src/luajit.c
+++ b/src/luajit.c
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ static void print_jit_status(lua_State *L)
     fputs(s, stdout);
   }
   putc('\n', stdout);
+  lua_settop(L, 0);  /* clear stack */
 }
 
 static void createargtable(lua_State *L, char **argv, int argc, int argf)