diff --git a/lib/console.js b/lib/console.js
index 8be06935de4839..8480ccfd468c47 100644
--- a/lib/console.js
+++ b/lib/console.js
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ const kCounts = Symbol('counts');
 // Track amount of indentation required via `console.group()`.
 const kGroupIndent = Symbol('groupIndent');
 
+let MAX_STACK_MESSAGE;
+
 function Console(stdout, stderr, ignoreErrors = true) {
   if (!(this instanceof Console)) {
     return new Console(stdout, stderr, ignoreErrors);
@@ -111,9 +113,17 @@ function write(ignoreErrors, stream, string, errorhandler, groupIndent) {
 
     stream.write(string, errorhandler);
   } catch (e) {
+    if (MAX_STACK_MESSAGE === undefined) {
+      try {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+        function a() { a(); }
+      } catch (err) {
+        MAX_STACK_MESSAGE = err.message;
+      }
+    }
     // console is a debugging utility, so it swallowing errors is not desirable
     // even in edge cases such as low stack space.
-    if (e.message === 'Maximum call stack size exceeded')
+    if (e.message === MAX_STACK_MESSAGE && e.name === 'RangeError')
       throw e;
     // Sorry, there’s no proper way to pass along the error here.
   } finally {