diff --git a/runtime/entrypoints/entrypoint_utils.cc b/runtime/entrypoints/entrypoint_utils.cc
index 9e5f54c..c81706f 100644
--- a/runtime/entrypoints/entrypoint_utils.cc
+++ b/runtime/entrypoints/entrypoint_utils.cc
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@
     LOG(ERROR) << "Couldn't throw new StackOverflowError because JNI ThrowNew failed.";
     CHECK(self->IsExceptionPending());
   }
-  self->ResetDefaultStackEnd();  // Return to default stack size.
+
+  bool explicit_overflow_check = Runtime::Current()->ExplicitStackOverflowChecks();
+  self->ResetDefaultStackEnd(!explicit_overflow_check);  // Return to default stack size.
 }
 
 JValue InvokeProxyInvocationHandler(ScopedObjectAccessUnchecked& soa, const char* shorty,