diff --git a/src/coreclr/classlibnative/bcltype/system.cpp b/src/coreclr/classlibnative/bcltype/system.cpp
index 30b215f6c9d344..3790754ca7787e 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/classlibnative/bcltype/system.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/classlibnative/bcltype/system.cpp
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ static StackWalkAction FindFailFastCallerCallback(CrawlFrame* frame, VOID* data)
     return SWA_ABORT;
 }
 
+static thread_local int8_t alreadyFailing = 0;
+
 extern "C" void QCALLTYPE Environment_FailFast(QCall::StackCrawlMarkHandle mark, PCWSTR message, QCall::ObjectHandleOnStack exception, PCWSTR errorSource)
 {
     QCALL_CONTRACT;
@@ -143,7 +145,14 @@ extern "C" void QCALLTYPE Environment_FailFast(QCall::StackCrawlMarkHandle mark,
 
     LPCWSTR argExceptionString = NULL;
     StackSString msg;
-    if (exception.Get() != NULL)
+    // Because Environment_FailFast should kill the process, any subsequent calls are likely nested call from managed while formatting the exception message or the stack trace.
+    // Only collect exception string if this is the first attempt to fail fast on this thread.
+    alreadyFailing++;
+    if (alreadyFailing != 1)
+    {
+        argExceptionString = W("Environment.FailFast called recursively.");
+    }
+    else if (exception.Get() != NULL)
     {
         GetExceptionMessage(exception.Get(), msg);
         argExceptionString = msg.GetUnicode();