--- a/js/src/jit/JitSpewer.cpp
+++ b/js/src/jit/JitSpewer.cpp
@@ -16,16 +16,17 @@
 # include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
 #include "jsprf.h"
 
 #include "jit/Ion.h"
 #include "jit/MIR.h"
 #include "jit/MIRGenerator.h"
+#include "jit/MIRGraph.h"
 
 #include "threading/LockGuard.h"
 
 #include "vm/HelperThreads.h"
 #include "vm/MutexIDs.h"
 
 #ifndef JIT_SPEW_DIR
 # if defined(_WIN32)
@@ -297,16 +298,23 @@ GraphSpewer::spewPass(const char* pass)
     c1Spewer_.spewPass(pass);
 
     jsonSpewer_.beginPass(pass);
     jsonSpewer_.spewMIR(graph_);
     jsonSpewer_.spewLIR(graph_);
     jsonSpewer_.endPass();
 
     ionspewer.spewPass(this);
+
+    // As this function is used for debugging, we ignore any of the previous
+    // failures and ensure there is enough ballast space, such that we do not
+    // exhaust the ballast space before running the next phase.
+    AutoEnterOOMUnsafeRegion oomUnsafe;
+    if (!graph_->alloc().ensureBallast())
+        oomUnsafe.crash("Could not ensure enough ballast space after spewing graph information.");
 }
 
 void
 GraphSpewer::spewPass(const char* pass, BacktrackingAllocator* ra)
 {
     if (!isSpewing())
         return;