diff --git a/mozilla/js/tests/js1_5/Regress/regress-299209.js b/mozilla/js/tests/js1_5/Regress/regress-299209.js
index b51abfa10d6..1515a8e99d6 100755
--- a/mozilla/js/tests/js1_5/Regress/regress-299209.js
+++ b/mozilla/js/tests/js1_5/Regress/regress-299209.js
@@ -45,7 +45,13 @@ printStatus (summary);
 
 for (a = 0; a <= 10000; a++)
 {
-   function(){("");}
+   try
+   {
+     eval('function(){("");}');
+   }
+   catch(e)
+   {
+   }
 }
  
 reportCompare(expect, actual, summary);