diff --git a/module/lua/llimits.h b/module/lua/llimits.h
index 177092fbc2..25466f14ed 100644
--- a/module/lua/llimits.h
+++ b/module/lua/llimits.h
@@ -126,7 +126,16 @@ typedef LUAI_UACNUMBER l_uacNumber;
  * Minimum amount of available stack space (in bytes) to make a C call.  With
  * gsub() recursion, the stack space between each luaD_call() is 1256 bytes.
  */
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__)
+/*
+ * FreeBSD needs a few extra bytes in unoptimized debug builds to avoid a
+ * double-fault handling the error when the max call depth is exceeded just
+ * before the C stack runs out.  64 bytes seems to do the trick.
+ */
+#define LUAI_MINCSTACK		4160
+#else
 #define LUAI_MINCSTACK		4096
+#endif
 
 /*
 ** maximum number of upvalues in a closure (both C and Lua). (Value