diff --git a/packages/core/src/util/stackTrace.js b/packages/core/src/util/stackTrace.js
index aa4d9fda04..218735856f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/util/stackTrace.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/util/stackTrace.js
@@ -37,11 +37,17 @@ exports.captureStackTrace = function captureStackTrace(length, referenceFunction
     // drawback is that it might show too much, but that's better than not having any stack trace at all.
     Error.captureStackTrace(stackTraceTarget);
   }
-  const stack = stackTraceTarget.stack;
+
+  let stack = stackTraceTarget.stack;
+
+  if (!Array.isArray(stack)) {
+    stack = [];
+  }
+
   Error.stackTraceLimit = originalLimit;
   Error.prepareStackTrace = originalPrepareStackTrace;
 
-  if (drop > 0) {
+  if (drop > 0 && stack.length >= drop) {
     stack.splice(0, drop);
   }
   return stack;
diff --git a/packages/core/test/util/stackTrace_test.js b/packages/core/test/util/stackTrace_test.js
index c4cf4feffe..68cc0727c1 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/util/stackTrace_test.js
+++ b/packages/core/test/util/stackTrace_test.js
@@ -50,4 +50,33 @@ describe('util/stackTrace', () => {
     expect(stack[1].m).to.equal('c');
     expect(stack).to.have.lengthOf(2);
   });
+
+  it('must not capture stack type string', () => {
+    let stack;
+
+    (function a() {
+      const stackTraceTarget = { stack: 'this is not an array' };
+      const orig = Error.captureStackTrace;
+      Error.captureStackTrace = target => {
+        Object.assign(target, stackTraceTarget);
+      };
+
+      stack = stackTrace.captureStackTrace(2, a);
+      Error.captureStackTrace = orig;
+    })();
+
+    expect(stack.length).to.equal(0);
+  });
+
+  it('must capture stack length < drop', () => {
+    const stackTraceTarget = { stack: new Array(5) };
+    const orig = Error.captureStackTrace;
+    Error.captureStackTrace = target => {
+      Object.assign(target, stackTraceTarget);
+    };
+
+    const stack = stackTrace.captureStackTrace(2, this, 10);
+    Error.captureStackTrace = orig;
+    expect(stack.length).to.equal(5);
+  });
 });