diff --git a/accel/tcg/translate-all.c b/accel/tcg/translate-all.c
index d09c187e0f..81d4c83f22 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/translate-all.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/translate-all.c
@@ -1926,11 +1926,17 @@ TranslationBlock *tb_gen_code(CPUState *cpu,
     ti = profile_getclock();
 #endif
 
+    gen_code_size = sigsetjmp(tcg_ctx->jmp_trans, 0);
+    if (unlikely(gen_code_size != 0)) {
+        goto error_return;
+    }
+
     tcg_func_start(tcg_ctx);
 
     tcg_ctx->cpu = env_cpu(env);
     gen_intermediate_code(cpu, tb, max_insns);
     tcg_ctx->cpu = NULL;
+    max_insns = tb->icount;
 
     trace_translate_block(tb, tb->pc, tb->tc.ptr);
 
@@ -1955,6 +1961,7 @@ TranslationBlock *tb_gen_code(CPUState *cpu,
 
     gen_code_size = tcg_gen_code(tcg_ctx, tb);
     if (unlikely(gen_code_size < 0)) {
+ error_return:
         switch (gen_code_size) {
         case -1:
             /*
@@ -1966,6 +1973,9 @@ TranslationBlock *tb_gen_code(CPUState *cpu,
              * flush the TBs, allocate a new TB, re-initialize it per
              * above, and re-do the actual code generation.
              */
+            qemu_log_mask(CPU_LOG_TB_OP | CPU_LOG_TB_OP_OPT,
+                          "Restarting code generation for "
+                          "code_gen_buffer overflow\n");
             goto buffer_overflow;
 
         case -2:
@@ -1978,9 +1988,12 @@ TranslationBlock *tb_gen_code(CPUState *cpu,
              * Try again with half as many insns as we attempted this time.
              * If a single insn overflows, there's a bug somewhere...
              */
-            max_insns = tb->icount;
             assert(max_insns > 1);
             max_insns /= 2;
+            qemu_log_mask(CPU_LOG_TB_OP | CPU_LOG_TB_OP_OPT,
+                          "Restarting code generation with "
+                          "smaller translation block (max %d insns)\n",
+                          max_insns);
             goto tb_overflow;
 
         default:
diff --git a/include/tcg/tcg.h b/include/tcg/tcg.h
index c5a9d65d5f..0f0695e90d 100644
--- a/include/tcg/tcg.h
+++ b/include/tcg/tcg.h
@@ -680,6 +680,9 @@ struct TCGContext {
 
     uint16_t gen_insn_end_off[TCG_MAX_INSNS];
     target_ulong gen_insn_data[TCG_MAX_INSNS][TARGET_INSN_START_WORDS];
+
+    /* Exit to translator on overflow. */
+    sigjmp_buf jmp_trans;
 };
 
 static inline bool temp_readonly(TCGTemp *ts)
diff --git a/tcg/tcg.c b/tcg/tcg.c
index 67b08f708d..9e1b0d73c7 100644
--- a/tcg/tcg.c
+++ b/tcg/tcg.c
@@ -1205,18 +1205,23 @@ void tcg_func_start(TCGContext *s)
     QSIMPLEQ_INIT(&s->labels);
 }
 
-static inline TCGTemp *tcg_temp_alloc(TCGContext *s)
+static TCGTemp *tcg_temp_alloc(TCGContext *s)
 {
     int n = s->nb_temps++;
-    tcg_debug_assert(n < TCG_MAX_TEMPS);
+
+    if (n >= TCG_MAX_TEMPS) {
+        /* Signal overflow, starting over with fewer guest insns. */
+        siglongjmp(s->jmp_trans, -2);
+    }
     return memset(&s->temps[n], 0, sizeof(TCGTemp));
 }
 
-static inline TCGTemp *tcg_global_alloc(TCGContext *s)
+static TCGTemp *tcg_global_alloc(TCGContext *s)
 {
     TCGTemp *ts;
 
     tcg_debug_assert(s->nb_globals == s->nb_temps);
+    tcg_debug_assert(s->nb_globals < TCG_MAX_TEMPS);
     s->nb_globals++;
     ts = tcg_temp_alloc(s);
     ts->kind = TEMP_GLOBAL;