diff --git a/packages/jest-runner/src/runTest.ts b/packages/jest-runner/src/runTest.ts
index 279613cf7f85..efe7ac4b372f 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runner/src/runTest.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-runner/src/runTest.ts
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@ async function runTestInternal(
   resolver: Resolver,
   context?: TestRunnerContext,
 ): Promise<RunTestInternalResult> {
-  // Node's error-message stack size is limited at 10, but it's pretty useful
-  // to see more than that when a test fails.
-  Error.stackTraceLimit = 100;
   const testSource = fs.readFileSync(path, 'utf8');
   const docblockPragmas = docblock.parse(docblock.extract(testSource));
   const customEnvironment = docblockPragmas['jest-environment'];
@@ -221,6 +218,9 @@ async function runTestInternal(
     };
   }
 
+  // Node's error-message stack size is limited at 10, but it's pretty useful
+  // to see more than that when a test fails.
+  Error.stackTraceLimit = 100;
   try {
     await environment.setup();