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diff --git a/compiler/codeGen/StgCmmHeap.hs b/compiler/codeGen/StgCmmHeap.hs
index 4b2bd96b52..6aaa10083e 100644
--- a/compiler/codeGen/StgCmmHeap.hs
+++ b/compiler/codeGen/StgCmmHeap.hs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import Id ( Id )
import Module
import DynFlags
import FastString( mkFastString, fsLit )
+import Panic( sorry )
#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 709
import Prelude hiding ((<*>))
@@ -532,8 +533,16 @@ heapCheck checkStack checkYield do_gc code
-- that the conditionals on hpHw don't cause a black hole
do { dflags <- getDynFlags
; let mb_alloc_bytes
+ | hpHw > mBLOCK_SIZE = sorry $ unlines
+ [" Trying to allocate more than "++show mBLOCK_SIZE++" bytes.",
+ "",
+ "This is currently not possible due to a limitation of GHC's code generator.",
+ "See http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4505 for details.",
+ "Suggestion: read data from a file instead of having large static data",
+ "structures in code."]
| hpHw > 0 = Just (mkIntExpr dflags (hpHw * (wORD_SIZE dflags)))
| otherwise = Nothing
+ where mBLOCK_SIZE = bLOCKS_PER_MBLOCK dflags * bLOCK_SIZE_W dflags
stk_hwm | checkStack = Just (CmmLit CmmHighStackMark)
| otherwise = Nothing
; codeOnly $ do_checks stk_hwm checkYield mb_alloc_bytes do_gc