diff --git a/deps/lua/src/lua_cmsgpack.c b/deps/lua/src/lua_cmsgpack.c
index ba75ed45..89215479 100644
--- a/deps/lua/src/lua_cmsgpack.c
+++ b/deps/lua/src/lua_cmsgpack.c
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ void mp_encode_lua_table_as_array(lua_State *L, mp_buf *buf, int level) {
 #endif
 
     mp_encode_array(L,buf,len);
+    luaL_checkstack(L, 1, "in function mp_encode_lua_table_as_array");
     for (j = 1; j <= len; j++) {
         lua_pushnumber(L,j);
         lua_gettable(L,-2);
@@ -400,6 +401,7 @@ void mp_encode_lua_table_as_map(lua_State *L, mp_buf *buf, int level) {
      * Lua API, we need to iterate a first time. Note that an alternative
      * would be to do a single run, and then hack the buffer to insert the
      * map opcodes for message pack. Too hackish for this lib. */
+    luaL_checkstack(L, 3, "in function mp_encode_lua_table_as_map");
     lua_pushnil(L);
     while(lua_next(L,-2)) {
         lua_pop(L,1); /* remove value, keep key for next iteration. */
@@ -522,6 +524,7 @@ int mp_pack(lua_State *L) {
     for(i = 1; i <= nargs; i++) {
         /* Copy argument i to top of stack for _encode processing;
          * the encode function pops it from the stack when complete. */
+        luaL_checkstack(L, 1, "in function mp_check");
         lua_pushvalue(L, i);
 
         mp_encode_lua_type(L,buf,0);
@@ -550,6 +553,7 @@ void mp_decode_to_lua_array(lua_State *L, mp_cur *c, size_t len) {
     int index = 1;
 
     lua_newtable(L);
+    luaL_checkstack(L, 1, "in function mp_decode_to_lua_array");
     while(len--) {
         lua_pushnumber(L,index++);
         mp_decode_to_lua_type(L,c);
@@ -824,6 +828,9 @@ int mp_unpack_full(lua_State *L, int limit, int offset) {
          * subtract the entire buffer size from the unprocessed size
          * to get our next start offset */
         int offset = len - c.left;
+
+        luaL_checkstack(L, 1, "in function mp_unpack_full");
+
         /* Return offset -1 when we have have processed the entire buffer. */
         lua_pushinteger(L, c.left == 0 ? -1 : offset);
         /* Results are returned with the arg elements still