diff --git a/src/Compilers/VisualBasic/Portable/Errors/LocalizableErrorArgument.vb b/src/Compilers/VisualBasic/Portable/Errors/LocalizableErrorArgument.vb
index 586304f1b621cbefb0309d23d8256fe396649adc..26e5aae000035cac5efd83bd7ee073116926417a 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/VisualBasic/Portable/Errors/LocalizableErrorArgument.vb
+++ b/src/Compilers/VisualBasic/Portable/Errors/LocalizableErrorArgument.vb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic
         '''Creates a string representing the unformatted LocalizableErrorArgument instance.
         ''' </summary>
         Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
-            Return ToString(Nothing)
+            Return ToString_IFormattable(Nothing, Nothing)
         End Function
 
         ''' <summary>
diff --git a/src/Compilers/VisualBasic/Test/Semantic/Compilation/CompilationAPITests.vb b/src/Compilers/VisualBasic/Test/Semantic/Compilation/CompilationAPITests.vb
index e13951834685169053d1cbdead34389ff00fe0fa..6ae88d3dbf5f892377ca45b4ae406cac030f63b3 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/VisualBasic/Test/Semantic/Compilation/CompilationAPITests.vb
+++ b/src/Compilers/VisualBasic/Test/Semantic/Compilation/CompilationAPITests.vb
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ Namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic.UnitTests
     Public Class CompilationAPITests
         Inherits BasicTestBase
 
+        <Fact>
+        Public Sub LocalizableErrorArgumentToStringDoesntStackOverflow()
+            ' Error ID is arbitrary
+            Dim arg = New LocalizableErrorArgument(ERRID.IDS_ProjectSettingsLocationName)
+            Assert.NotNull(arg.ToString())
+        End Sub
+
         <WorkItem(538778, "DevDiv")>
         <WorkItem(537623, "DevDiv")>
         <Fact>