diff --git a/runtime/jcl/common/getstacktrace.c b/runtime/jcl/common/getstacktrace.c
index 19b098fb3e1..151eb95dd43 100644
--- a/runtime/jcl/common/getstacktrace.c
+++ b/runtime/jcl/common/getstacktrace.c
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ getStackTraceForThread(J9VMThread *currentThread, J9VMThread *targetThread, UDAT
 		 */
 		walkState.skipCount = 0;
 		rc = vmfns->walkContinuationStackFrames(currentThread, targetThread->currentContinuation, threadObject, &walkState);
-	} else if (isVirtual && (threadObject != targetThread->threadObject)) {
+	} else if (isVirtual
+	&& ((threadObject != targetThread->threadObject)
+		|| (-1 == J9OBJECT_I64_LOAD(currentThread, threadObject, vm->virtualThreadInspectorCountOffset)))
+	) {
 		/* If the virtual thread object doesn't match the current thread object, it must have unmounted
 		 * from this carrier thread, return NULL and the JCL code will handle the retry.
 		 */