diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/visitors/regions/RegionMaker.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/visitors/regions/RegionMaker.java
index 390e7aa9886..2134ab5c7f3 100644
--- a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/visitors/regions/RegionMaker.java
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/visitors/regions/RegionMaker.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import jadx.core.utils.ErrorsCounter;
 import jadx.core.utils.InstructionRemover;
 import jadx.core.utils.RegionUtils;
+import jadx.core.utils.exceptions.JadxOverflowException;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.BitSet;
@@ -49,8 +50,12 @@
 public class RegionMaker {
 	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RegionMaker.class);
 
+	// 'dumb' guard to prevent endless loop in regions processing
+	private static final int REGIONS_LIMIT = 1000 * 1000;
+
 	private final MethodNode mth;
 	private BitSet processedBlocks;
+	private int regionsCount;
 
 	public RegionMaker(MethodNode mth) {
 		this.mth = mth;
@@ -68,6 +73,10 @@ public Region makeRegion(BlockNode startBlock, RegionStack stack) {
 				processedBlocks.set(id);
 			}
 		}
+		regionsCount++;
+		if (regionsCount > REGIONS_LIMIT) {
+			throw new JadxOverflowException("Regions count limit reached");
+		}
 
 		Region r = new Region(stack.peekRegion());
 		BlockNode next = startBlock;
diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/visitors/regions/RegionStack.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/visitors/regions/RegionStack.java
index c6f47266f63..bdba01e23a2 100644
--- a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/visitors/regions/RegionStack.java
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/visitors/regions/RegionStack.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import jadx.core.dex.nodes.BlockNode;
 import jadx.core.dex.nodes.IRegion;
 import jadx.core.dex.nodes.MethodNode;
+import jadx.core.utils.exceptions.JadxOverflowException;
 
 import java.util.ArrayDeque;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ final class RegionStack {
 	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RegionStack.class);
 	private static final boolean DEBUG = false;
 
+	private static final int REGIONS_STACK_LIMIT = 1000;
+
 	static {
 		if (DEBUG) {
 			LOG.debug("Debug enabled for {}", RegionStack.class);
@@ -58,8 +61,8 @@ public RegionStack(MethodNode mth) {
 
 	public void push(IRegion region) {
 		stack.push(curState);
-		if (stack.size() > 1000) {
-			throw new StackOverflowError("Deep code hierarchy");
+		if (stack.size() > REGIONS_STACK_LIMIT) {
+			throw new JadxOverflowException("Regions stack size limit reached");
 		}
 		curState = curState.copy();
 		curState.region = region;
diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/ErrorsCounter.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/ErrorsCounter.java
index 3a5ef2ee5ba..e991abe36c4 100644
--- a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/ErrorsCounter.java
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/ErrorsCounter.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import jadx.core.dex.attributes.nodes.JadxErrorAttr;
 import jadx.core.dex.nodes.ClassNode;
 import jadx.core.dex.nodes.MethodNode;
+import jadx.core.utils.exceptions.JadxOverflowException;
 
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -32,9 +33,9 @@ private static void addError(IAttributeNode node, String msg, Throwable e) {
 		errorsCount++;
 
 		if (e != null) {
-			if (e.getClass() == StackOverflowError.class) {
+			if (e.getClass() == JadxOverflowException.class) {
 				// don't print full stack trace
-				e = new StackOverflowError(e.getMessage());
+				e = new JadxOverflowException(e.getMessage());
 				LOG.error(msg);
 			} else {
 				LOG.error(msg, e);
diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/exceptions/JadxOverflowException.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/exceptions/JadxOverflowException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e7ebc14065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/exceptions/JadxOverflowException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package jadx.core.utils.exceptions;
+
+public class JadxOverflowException extends JadxRuntimeException {
+	public JadxOverflowException(String message) {
+		super(message);
+	}
+}