diff --git a/include/boost/stacktrace/stacktrace.hpp b/include/boost/stacktrace/stacktrace.hpp
index fc2e7a9..63087cf 100644
--- a/include/boost/stacktrace/stacktrace.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/stacktrace/stacktrace.hpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class basic_stacktrace {
 #endif
             std::vector<native_frame_ptr_t, allocator_void_t> buf(buffer_size * 2, 0, impl_.get_allocator());
             do {
-                const std::size_t frames_count = boost::stacktrace::detail::this_thread_frames::collect(&buf[0], buf.size(), frames_to_skip + 1);
+                const std::size_t frames_count = boost::stacktrace::detail::this_thread_frames::collect(&buf[0], buf.size() < max_depth ? buf.size() : max_depth, frames_to_skip + 1);
                 if (buf.size() > frames_count || frames_count >= max_depth) {
                     const std::size_t size = (max_depth < frames_count ? max_depth : frames_count);
                     fill(&buf[0], size);