diff --git a/src/os/unix/crashlog_unix.cpp b/src/os/unix/crashlog_unix.cpp
index 2528bad68b..6c63ef9e0d 100644
--- a/src/os/unix/crashlog_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/os/unix/crashlog_unix.cpp
@@ -599,7 +599,8 @@ class CrashLogUnix : public CrashLog {
 			}
 #if defined(WITH_BFD)
 			if (ok && bfd_info.found && bfd_info.abfd) {
-				while (bfd_find_inliner_info(bfd_info.abfd, &file_name, &func_name, &line_num)) {
+				uint iteration_limit = 32;
+				while (iteration_limit-- && bfd_find_inliner_info(bfd_info.abfd, &file_name, &func_name, &line_num)) {
 					if (func_name) {
 						int status = -1;
 						char *demangled = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/os/windows/crashlog_win.cpp b/src/os/windows/crashlog_win.cpp
index cda74d7aa5..6a85a34703 100644
--- a/src/os/windows/crashlog_win.cpp
+++ b/src/os/windows/crashlog_win.cpp
@@ -554,7 +554,8 @@ char *CrashLogWindows::AppendDecodedStacktrace(char *buffer, const char *last) c
 					const char *file_name = nullptr;
 					const char *func_name = nullptr;
 					uint line_num = 0;
-					while (bfd_find_inliner_info(bfd_info.abfd, &file_name, &func_name, &line_num)) {
+					uint iteration_limit = 32;
+					while (iteration_limit-- && bfd_find_inliner_info(bfd_info.abfd, &file_name, &func_name, &line_num)) {
 						buffer += seprintf(buffer, last, "\n[inlined]%*s", (int)(19 + (sizeof(void *) * 2)), "");
 						if (func_name) {
 							int status = -1;