diff --git a/lib/base/application.cpp b/lib/base/application.cpp
index 70b2c40e9..b6e09bfce 100644
--- a/lib/base/application.cpp
+++ b/lib/base/application.cpp
@@ -256,32 +256,33 @@ void Application::SetResourceLimits(void)
 		else
 			rl.rlim_cur = rl.rlim_max;
 
-		if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, &rl) < 0)
+		if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_STACK, &rl) < 0) {
 			Log(LogNotice, "Application", "Could not adjust resource limit for stack size (RLIMIT_STACK)");
-		else if (set_stack_rlimit) {
-			char **new_argv = static_cast<char **>(malloc(sizeof(char *) * (argc + 2)));
+			if (set_stack_rlimit) {
+				char **new_argv = static_cast<char **>(malloc(sizeof(char *) * (argc + 2)));
 
-			if (!new_argv) {
-				perror("malloc");
-				Exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+				if (!new_argv) {
+					perror("malloc");
+					Exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+				}
+
+				new_argv[0] = argv[0];
+				new_argv[1] = strdup("--no-stack-rlimit");
+
+				if (!new_argv[1]) {
+					perror("strdup");
+					exit(1);
+				}
+
+				for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
+					new_argv[i + 1] = argv[i];
+
+				new_argv[argc + 1] = NULL;
+
+				(void) execvp(new_argv[0], new_argv);
+				perror("execvp");
+				_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 			}
-
-			new_argv[0] = argv[0];
-			new_argv[1] = strdup("--no-stack-rlimit");
-
-			if (!new_argv[1]) {
-				perror("strdup");
-				exit(1);
-			}
-
-			for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
-				new_argv[i + 1] = argv[i];
-
-			new_argv[argc + 1] = NULL;
-
-			(void) execvp(new_argv[0], new_argv);
-			perror("execvp");
-			_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 		}
 #	else /* RLIMIT_STACK */
 		Log(LogNotice, "Application", "System does not support adjusting the resource limit for stack size (RLIMIT_STACK)");