diff --git a/src/jsc/bindings/BunProcess.cpp b/src/jsc/bindings/BunProcess.cpp
index ca91e4c228c..bce7c400211 100644
--- a/src/jsc/bindings/BunProcess.cpp
+++ b/src/jsc/bindings/BunProcess.cpp
@@ -3921,12 +3921,18 @@ JSValue Process::constructNextTickFn(JSC::VM& vm, Zig::GlobalObject* globalObjec
     args.append(JSC::JSFunction::create(vm, globalObject, 1, String(), jsFunctionDrainMicrotaskQueue, ImplementationVisibility::Private));
     args.append(JSC::JSFunction::create(vm, globalObject, 1, String(), jsFunctionReportUncaughtException, ImplementationVisibility::Private));
 
-    JSValue nextTickFunction = JSC::profiledCall(globalObject, ProfilingReason::API, initializer, JSC::getCallData(initializer), globalObject->globalThis(), args);
+    // Lazy PropertyCallback: must not throw, and must not leak the
+    // JSC::Exception cell as the cached property value on failure.
+    NakedPtr<JSC::Exception> returnedException;
+    JSValue nextTickFunction = JSC::profiledCall(globalObject, ProfilingReason::API, initializer, JSC::getCallData(initializer), globalObject->globalThis(), args, returnedException);
+    if (returnedException) [[unlikely]]
+        return jsUndefined();
     if (nextTickFunction && nextTickFunction.isObject()) {
         this->m_nextTickFunction.set(vm, this, nextTickFunction.getObject());
+        return nextTickFunction;
     }
 
-    return nextTickFunction;
+    return jsUndefined();
 }
 
 static JSValue constructProcessNextTickFn(VM& vm, JSObject* processObject)
diff --git a/test/js/node/process/process-nexttick-stack-overflow.test.ts b/test/js/node/process/process-nexttick-stack-overflow.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eaae9025f24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/js/node/process/process-nexttick-stack-overflow.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { bunEnv, bunExe } from "harness";
+
+// When process.nextTick is accessed for the first time while the stack is
+// already exhausted, the lazy initializer fails. Previously this cached the
+// raw JSC::Exception cell as the value of process.nextTick, which then
+// tripped a debug assertion in JSCell::toStringSlowCase (and threw a bogus
+// "Cannot convert a symbol to a string" in release) when JS later tried to
+// call it and build the "is not a function" error message.
+test("process.nextTick first accessed at max stack depth does not crash", async () => {
+  const src = `
+    let done = false;
+    function F0() {
+      if (done) return;
+      try { F0(); } catch (e) {
+        done = true;
+        try { process.nextTick; } catch (_) {}
+      }
+    }
+    F0();
+    const nt = process.nextTick;
+    if (nt !== undefined && typeof nt !== "function")
+      throw new Error("process.nextTick leaked as a non-function value (typeof " + typeof nt + ")");
+    try { process.nextTick(); } catch (e) {
+      if (!(e instanceof Error)) throw new Error("unexpected throw " + e);
+    }
+    console.log("ok", typeof nt);
+  `;
+  await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+    cmd: [bunExe(), "-e", src],
+    env: bunEnv,
+    stdout: "pipe",
+    stderr: "pipe",
+  });
+
+  const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+
+  expect(stderr).toBe("");
+  expect(stdout.trim()).toMatch(/^ok (undefined|function)$/);
+  expect(proc.signalCode).toBeNull();
+  expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+});