diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/check_tail_calls.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/check_tail_calls.rs
index 0659e3ea314bb..921205428dbd4 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/check_tail_calls.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/check_tail_calls.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use rustc_abi::ExternAbi;
+use rustc_data_structures::stack::ensure_sufficient_stack;
 use rustc_errors::Applicability;
 use rustc_hir::LangItem;
 use rustc_hir::def::DefKind;
@@ -344,12 +345,14 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Visitor<'a, 'tcx> for TailCallCkVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
     }
 
     fn visit_expr(&mut self, expr: &'a Expr<'tcx>) {
-        if let ExprKind::Become { value } = expr.kind {
-            let call = &self.thir[value];
-            self.check_tail_call(call, expr);
-        }
+        ensure_sufficient_stack(|| {
+            if let ExprKind::Become { value } = expr.kind {
+                let call = &self.thir[value];
+                self.check_tail_call(call, expr);
+            }
 
-        visit::walk_expr(self, expr);
+            visit::walk_expr(self, expr);
+        });
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/check_unsafety.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/check_unsafety.rs
index 995bc311b7c48..3980fdfc0b16e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/check_unsafety.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_build/src/check_unsafety.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::mem;
 use std::ops::Bound;
 
+use rustc_data_structures::stack::ensure_sufficient_stack;
 use rustc_errors::DiagArgValue;
 use rustc_hir::def::DefKind;
 use rustc_hir::{self as hir, BindingMode, ByRef, HirId, Mutability};
@@ -473,7 +474,9 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Visitor<'a, 'tcx> for UnsafetyVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
             ExprKind::Scope { value, lint_level: LintLevel::Explicit(hir_id), region_scope: _ } => {
                 let prev_id = self.hir_context;
                 self.hir_context = hir_id;
-                self.visit_expr(&self.thir[value]);
+                ensure_sufficient_stack(|| {
+                    self.visit_expr(&self.thir[value]);
+                });
                 self.hir_context = prev_id;
                 return; // don't visit the whole expression
             }