diff --git a/src/coreclr/pal/src/exception/signal.cpp b/src/coreclr/pal/src/exception/signal.cpp
index 3dc0e541f6a8a..6ec3f69854510 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/pal/src/exception/signal.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/pal/src/exception/signal.cpp
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ BOOL SEHInitializeSignals(CorUnix::CPalThread *pthrCurrent, DWORD flags)
         }
 
         // Allocate the minimal stack necessary for handling stack overflow
-        int stackOverflowStackSize = ALIGN_UP(sizeof(SignalHandlerWorkerReturnPoint), 16) + 7 * 4096;
+        int stackOverflowStackSize = ALIGN_UP(sizeof(SignalHandlerWorkerReturnPoint), 16) + 8 * 4096;
         // Align the size to virtual page size and add one virtual page as a stack guard
         stackOverflowStackSize = ALIGN_UP(stackOverflowStackSize, GetVirtualPageSize()) + GetVirtualPageSize();
         int flags = MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE;
diff --git a/src/coreclr/vm/threads.cpp b/src/coreclr/vm/threads.cpp
index bf85aa797c46c..e89b6c7d94c1d 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/vm/threads.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/vm/threads.cpp
@@ -2015,10 +2015,13 @@ HANDLE Thread::CreateUtilityThread(Thread::StackSizeBucket stackSizeBucket, LPTH
     DWORD threadId;
     HANDLE hThread = CreateThread(NULL, stackSize, start, args, flags, &threadId);
 
-    SetThreadName(hThread, pName);
+    if (hThread != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+    {
+        SetThreadName(hThread, pName);
 
-    if (pThreadId)
-        *pThreadId = threadId;
+        if (pThreadId)
+            *pThreadId = threadId;
+    }
 
     return hThread;
 }