diff --git a/src/jsc/modules/BunJSCModule.h b/src/jsc/modules/BunJSCModule.h
index 253567844d19..64261375d8d2 100644
--- a/src/jsc/modules/BunJSCModule.h
+++ b/src/jsc/modules/BunJSCModule.h
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ JSC_DEFINE_HOST_FUNCTION(functionMemoryUsageStatistics,
 {
 
     auto& vm = JSC::getVM(globalObject);
+    auto scope = DECLARE_THROW_SCOPE(vm);
 
     if (vm.heap.size() == 0) {
         vm.heap.collectNow(Sync, CollectionScope::Full);
@@ -375,6 +376,7 @@ JSC_DEFINE_HOST_FUNCTION(functionMemoryUsageStatistics,
     if (char* json = mi_stats_get_json(0, nullptr)) {
         JSValue parsed = JSONParse(globalObject, String::fromUTF8(json));
         mi_free(json);
+        RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION(scope, {});
         object->putDirect(vm, Identifier::fromString(vm, "mimalloc"_s),
             parsed.isEmpty() ? jsNull() : parsed);
     }
@@ -383,8 +385,10 @@ JSC_DEFINE_HOST_FUNCTION(functionMemoryUsageStatistics,
     JSValue arg0 = callFrame->argument(0);
     if (arg0.isObject()) {
         JSValue dump = arg0.getObject()->get(globalObject, Identifier::fromString(vm, "dump"_s));
+        RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION(scope, {});
         if (dump.toBoolean(globalObject)) {
             const bool includeBlocks = dump.isString() && dump.toWTFString(globalObject) == "blocks"_s;
+            RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION(scope, {});
 #if BUN_DEBUG
             const bool hashAddresses = false;
 #else
@@ -393,6 +397,7 @@ JSC_DEFINE_HOST_FUNCTION(functionMemoryUsageStatistics,
             if (char* json = mi_heap_dump_json(includeBlocks, hashAddresses)) {
                 JSValue parsed = JSONParse(globalObject, String::fromUTF8(json));
                 mi_free(json);
+                RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION(scope, {});
                 object->putDirect(vm, Identifier::fromString(vm, "mimallocDump"_s),
                     parsed.isEmpty() ? jsNull() : parsed);
             }
diff --git a/test/js/bun/jsc/heapStats-mimalloc.test.ts b/test/js/bun/jsc/heapStats-mimalloc.test.ts
index cefdd78762e5..3f7b34480269 100644
--- a/test/js/bun/jsc/heapStats-mimalloc.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/bun/jsc/heapStats-mimalloc.test.ts
@@ -91,3 +91,55 @@ describe("heapStats() mimalloc integration", () => {
     expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
   });
 });
+
+describe("heapStats() exception safety", () => {
+  // heapStats() JSON-parses mimalloc stats and reads the dump option off its
+  // argument; each of those can throw. BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks=1 makes
+  // a debug build abort if one of those throws could go unchecked (release
+  // builds ignore the option and just exercise the paths). The getter/Proxy
+  // cases pin that a user exception from the dump lookup propagates instead of
+  // taking the dump with an exception pending.
+  test("dump option reads and JSON parses keep no pending exception", async () => {
+    await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+      cmd: [
+        bunExe(),
+        "-e",
+        `const jsc = require("bun:jsc");
+         jsc.heapStats();
+         jsc.heapStats({ dump: true });
+
+         // A rope string reaches the rope-resolving path of the dump mode read.
+         let suffix = "cks";
+         const mode = "blo" + suffix;
+         if (!jsc.isRope(mode)) throw new Error("expected a rope string");
+         const blocks = jsc.heapStats({ dump: mode });
+         if (!Array.isArray(blocks.mimallocDump.heaps)) throw new Error("expected heaps in blocks dump");
+
+         let caught;
+         try {
+           jsc.heapStats({ get dump() { throw new Error("boom"); } });
+         } catch (e) { caught = e.message; }
+         if (caught !== "boom") throw new Error("dump getter error did not propagate: " + caught);
+
+         let trapCaught;
+         try {
+           jsc.heapStats(new Proxy({}, { get() { throw new Error("trap"); } }));
+         } catch (e) { trapCaught = e.message; }
+         if (trapCaught !== "trap") throw new Error("proxy trap error did not propagate: " + trapCaught);
+
+         const after = jsc.heapStats({ dump: true });
+         if (!after.mimallocDump) throw new Error("heapStats broken after thrown dump read");
+         console.log("OK");`,
+      ],
+      env: { ...bunEnv, BUN_JSC_validateExceptionChecks: "1" },
+      stdout: "pipe",
+      stderr: "pipe",
+    });
+    const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+    const uncheckedScopes = stderr
+      .split("\n")
+      .map(line => line.trim())
+      .filter(line => line.startsWith("This scope can throw") || line.startsWith("But the exception was unchecked"));
+    expect({ stdout, uncheckedScopes, exitCode }).toEqual({ stdout: "OK\n", uncheckedScopes: [], exitCode: 0 });
+  });
+});