diff --git a/nodes/core/locales/en-US/messages.json b/nodes/core/locales/en-US/messages.json
index 4223723c1..bc860bf6a 100644
--- a/nodes/core/locales/en-US/messages.json
+++ b/nodes/core/locales/en-US/messages.json
@@ -488,7 +488,8 @@
     "json": {
         "errors": {
             "dropped-object": "Ignored non-object payload",
-            "dropped": "Ignored unsupported payload type"
+            "dropped": "Ignored unsupported payload type",
+            "dropped-error": "Failed to convert payload"
         }
     },
     "xml": {
diff --git a/nodes/core/parsers/70-JSON.js b/nodes/core/parsers/70-JSON.js
index ec13bcff5..1bacb16ff 100644
--- a/nodes/core/parsers/70-JSON.js
+++ b/nodes/core/parsers/70-JSON.js
@@ -31,9 +31,14 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                     catch(e) { node.error(e.message,msg); }
                 }
                 else if (typeof msg.payload === "object") {
-                    if ((!Buffer.isBuffer(msg.payload)) && (!util.isArray(msg.payload))) {
-                        msg.payload = JSON.stringify(msg.payload);
-                        node.send(msg);
+                    if (!Buffer.isBuffer(msg.payload)) {
+                        try {
+                            msg.payload = JSON.stringify(msg.payload);
+                            node.send(msg);
+                        }
+                        catch(e) {
+                            node.error(RED._("json.errors.dropped-error"));
+                        }
                     }
                     else { node.warn(RED._("json.errors.dropped-object")); }
                 }