diff --git a/test/message/stack_overflow.js b/test/message/stack_overflow.js
index 46e101b916..9541ee7840 100644
--- a/test/message/stack_overflow.js
+++ b/test/message/stack_overflow.js
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ Error.stackTraceLimit = 0;
 
 console.error('before');
 
-// stack overflow
-function stackOverflow() {
-  stackOverflow();
+// Trigger stack overflow by stringifying a deeply nested array.
+let array = [];
+for (let i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
+  array = [ array ];
 }
-stackOverflow();
+
+JSON.stringify(array);
 
 console.error('after');
diff --git a/test/message/stack_overflow.out b/test/message/stack_overflow.out
index 4f7b8b132f..c83f8001d9 100644
--- a/test/message/stack_overflow.out
+++ b/test/message/stack_overflow.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 before
-
 *test*message*stack_overflow.js:*
-function stackOverflow() {
-                      ^
+JSON.stringify(array);
+     ^
+
 RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded