diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f215d9c28ac1..4c4d88d42187 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Ignore PostCSS nodes returned by `addVariant` ([#8608](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/8608))
 - Fix missing spaces around arithmetic operators ([#8615](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/8615))
 - Detect alpha value in CSS `theme()` function when using quotes ([#8625](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/8625))
+- Fix "Maximum call stack size exceeded" bug ([#8636](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/8636))
 
 ## [3.1.2] - 2022-06-10
 
diff --git a/src/lib/defaultExtractor.js b/src/lib/defaultExtractor.js
index 9106bd59371a..4c28d007a047 100644
--- a/src/lib/defaultExtractor.js
+++ b/src/lib/defaultExtractor.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export function defaultExtractor(context) {
     let results = []
 
     for (let pattern of patterns) {
-      results.push(...(content.match(pattern) ?? []))
+      results = [...results, ...(content.match(pattern) ?? [])]
     }
 
     return results.filter((v) => v !== undefined).map(clipAtBalancedParens)
diff --git a/tests/default-extractor.test.js b/tests/default-extractor.test.js
index d23dfd9cc3ad..e0a39431a0bc 100644
--- a/tests/default-extractor.test.js
+++ b/tests/default-extractor.test.js
@@ -476,3 +476,9 @@ test('multi-word + arbitrary values + quotes', async () => {
 
   expect(extractions).toContain(`grid-cols-['repeat(2)']`)
 })
+
+test('a lot of data', () => {
+  let extractions = defaultExtractor('underline '.repeat(2 ** 17))
+
+  expect(extractions).toContain(`underline`)
+})