diff --git a/js/src/jit-test/tests/basic/bug708819.js b/js/src/jit-test/tests/basic/bug708819.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f3f0a552e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/src/jit-test/tests/basic/bug708819.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * Any copyright is dedicated to the Public Domain.
+ * http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/
+ */
+
+try {
+    var e = new Error();
+    e.name = e;
+    "" + e;
+} catch (e) {
+    assertEq(e.message, 'too much recursion');
+}
diff --git a/js/src/jsexn.cpp b/js/src/jsexn.cpp
index bfec00429ce..091d9d4d175 100644
--- a/js/src/jsexn.cpp
+++ b/js/src/jsexn.cpp
@@ -803,6 +803,7 @@ Exception(JSContext *cx, uintN argc, Value *vp)
 static JSBool
 exn_toString(JSContext *cx, uintN argc, Value *vp)
 {
+    JS_CHECK_RECURSION(cx, return false);
     CallArgs args = CallArgsFromVp(argc, vp);
 
     /* Step 2. */
@@ -881,6 +882,7 @@ exn_toString(JSContext *cx, uintN argc, Value *vp)
 static JSBool
 exn_toSource(JSContext *cx, uintN argc, Value *vp)
 {
+    JS_CHECK_RECURSION(cx, return false);
     CallArgs args = CallArgsFromVp(argc, vp);
 
     JSObject *obj = ToObject(cx, &args.thisv());