diff --git a/src/racket/src/jitstack.c b/src/racket/src/jitstack.c
index 2c1c4c8fb4..00c5586c03 100644
--- a/src/racket/src/jitstack.c
+++ b/src/racket/src/jitstack.c
@@ -291,7 +291,15 @@ Scheme_Object *scheme_native_stack_trace(void)
       }
     }
 
-    return first;
+    if (last)
+      SCHEME_CDR(last) = tail;
+    else
+      first = tail;
+    
+    if (SCHEME_NULLP(first))
+      return NULL;
+    else
+      return first;
   }
 #endif