diff --git a/py/compile.c b/py/compile.c
index 2b56d83e74..48b1079a10 100644
--- a/py/compile.c
+++ b/py/compile.c
@@ -3729,10 +3729,6 @@ mp_obj_t mp_compile(mp_parse_node_t pn, qstr source_file, uint emit_opt, bool is
 #endif
                     comp->emit = emit_native;
                     EMIT_ARG(set_native_type, MP_EMIT_NATIVE_TYPE_ENABLE, s->emit_options == MP_EMIT_OPT_VIPER, 0);
-
-                    // native emitters need an extra pass to compute stack size
-                    compile_scope(comp, s, MP_PASS_STACK_SIZE);
-
                     break;
 #endif // MICROPY_EMIT_NATIVE
 
@@ -3746,6 +3742,9 @@ mp_obj_t mp_compile(mp_parse_node_t pn, qstr source_file, uint emit_opt, bool is
             }
 #endif // !MICROPY_EMIT_CPYTHON
 
+            // need a pass to compute stack size
+            compile_scope(comp, s, MP_PASS_STACK_SIZE);
+
             // second last pass: compute code size
             if (comp->compile_error == MP_OBJ_NULL) {
                 compile_scope(comp, s, MP_PASS_CODE_SIZE);
diff --git a/tests/basics/fun_largestate.py b/tests/basics/fun_largestate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c83f730dcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/basics/fun_largestate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+# test large function (stack) state
+
+def f():
+    x0 = 1
+    x1 = 1
+    x2 = 1
+    x3 = 1
+    x4 = 1
+    x5 = 1
+    x6 = 1
+    x7 = 1
+    x8 = 1
+    x9 = 1
+    x10 = 1
+    x11 = 1
+    x12 = 1
+    x13 = 1
+    x14 = 1
+    x15 = 1
+    x16 = 1
+    x17 = 1
+    x18 = 1
+    x19 = 1
+    x20 = 1
+    x21 = 1
+    x22 = 1
+    x23 = 1
+    x24 = 1
+    x25 = 1
+    x26 = 1
+    x27 = 1
+    x28 = 1
+    x29 = 1
+    x30 = 1
+    x31 = 1
+    x32 = 1
+    x33 = 1
+    x34 = 1
+    x35 = 1
+    x36 = 1
+    x37 = 1
+    x38 = 1
+    x39 = 1
+    x40 = 1
+    x41 = 1
+    x42 = 1
+    x43 = 1
+    x44 = 1
+    x45 = 1
+    x46 = 1
+    x47 = 1
+    x48 = 1
+    x49 = 1
+    x50 = 1
+    x51 = 1
+    x52 = 1
+    x53 = 1
+    x54 = 1
+    x55 = 1
+    x56 = 1
+    x57 = 1
+    x58 = 1
+    x59 = 1
+    x60 = 1
+    x61 = 1
+    x62 = 1
+    x63 = 1
+    x64 = 1
+    x65 = 1
+    x66 = 1
+    x67 = 1
+    x68 = 1
+    x69 = 1
+    x70 = 1
+    x71 = 1
+    x72 = 1
+    x73 = 1
+    x74 = 1
+    x75 = 1
+    x76 = 1
+    x77 = 1
+    x78 = 1
+    x79 = 1
+    x80 = 1
+    x81 = 1
+    x82 = 1
+    x83 = 1
+    x84 = 1
+    x85 = 1
+    x86 = 1
+    x87 = 1
+    x88 = 1
+    x89 = 1
+    x90 = 1
+    x91 = 1
+    x92 = 1
+    x93 = 1
+    x94 = 1
+    x95 = 1
+    x96 = 1
+    x97 = 1
+    x98 = 1
+    x99 = 1
+    x100 = 1
+    x101 = 1
+    x102 = 1
+    x103 = 1
+    x104 = 1
+    x105 = 1
+    x106 = 1
+    x107 = 1
+    x108 = 1
+    x109 = 1
+    x110 = 1
+    x111 = 1
+    x112 = 1
+    x113 = 1
+    x114 = 1
+    x115 = 1
+    x116 = 1
+    x117 = 1
+    x118 = 1
+    x119 = 1
+    x120 = 1
+    x121 = 1
+    x122 = 1
+    x123 = 1
+    x124 = 1
+    x125 = 1
+    x126 = 1
+
+def g():
+    x = [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,]