diff --git a/lib/ace/document.js b/lib/ace/document.js
index 10a36eb2..0214b38b 100644
--- a/lib/ace/document.js
+++ b/lib/ace/document.js
@@ -311,11 +311,12 @@ var Document = function(text) {
         if (lines.length == 0)
             return {row: row, column: 0};
 
-        // apply doesn't work for big arrays (smallest threshold is on safari 0xFFFF)
-        // to circumvent that we have to break huge inserts into smaller chunks here
-        while (lines.length > 0xF000) {
-            var end = this._insertLines(row, lines.slice(0, 0xF000));
-            lines = lines.slice(0xF000);
+        // Apply doesn't work for big arrays due to max call stack detection.
+        // Chrome 64 bit requires threshold smaller than 32k, using a safe value of 1k.
+        // To circumvent that we have to break huge inserts into smaller chunks here.
+        while (lines.length > 1000) {
+            var end = this._insertLines(row, lines.slice(0, 1000));
+            lines = lines.slice(1000);
             row = end.row;
         }