diff --git a/yjit/src/codegen.rs b/yjit/src/codegen.rs
index f8107aff3e5eed..dda13ace0ba49b 100644
--- a/yjit/src/codegen.rs
+++ b/yjit/src/codegen.rs
@@ -720,7 +720,8 @@ pub fn gen_single_block(
     #[cfg(feature = "disasm")]
     if get_option_ref!(dump_disasm).is_some() {
         let blockid_idx = blockid.idx;
-        asm.comment(&format!("Block: {} (ISEQ offset: {})", iseq_get_location(blockid.iseq), blockid_idx));
+        let chain_depth = if ctx.get_chain_depth() > 0 { format!(", chain_depth: {}", ctx.get_chain_depth()) } else { "".to_string() };
+        asm.comment(&format!("Block: {} (ISEQ offset: {}{})", iseq_get_location(blockid.iseq, blockid_idx), blockid_idx, chain_depth));
     }
 
     // For each instruction to compile
@@ -1989,12 +1990,18 @@ fn gen_get_ivar(
 
     // Check if the comptime receiver is a T_OBJECT
     let receiver_t_object = unsafe { RB_TYPE_P(comptime_receiver, RUBY_T_OBJECT) };
+    // Use a general C call at the last chain to avoid exits on megamorphic shapes
+    let last_chain = ctx.get_chain_depth() as i32 == max_chain_depth - 1;
+    if last_chain {
+        gen_counter_incr!(asm, get_ivar_max_depth);
+    }
 
     // If the class uses the default allocator, instances should all be T_OBJECT
     // NOTE: This assumes nobody changes the allocator of the class after allocation.
     //       Eventually, we can encode whether an object is T_OBJECT or not
     //       inside object shapes.
-    if !receiver_t_object || uses_custom_allocator {
+    // too-complex shapes can't use index access, so we use rb_ivar_get for them too.
+    if !receiver_t_object || uses_custom_allocator || comptime_receiver.shape_too_complex() || last_chain {
         // General case. Call rb_ivar_get().
         // VALUE rb_ivar_get(VALUE obj, ID id)
         asm.comment("call rb_ivar_get()");
diff --git a/yjit/src/stats.rs b/yjit/src/stats.rs
index 177b612eaff8ae..635f8e195fd22b 100644
--- a/yjit/src/stats.rs
+++ b/yjit/src/stats.rs
@@ -257,6 +257,9 @@ make_counters! {
     setivar_not_object,
     setivar_frozen,
 
+    // Not using "getivar_" to exclude this from exit reasons
+    get_ivar_max_depth,
+
     oaref_argc_not_one,
     oaref_arg_not_fixnum,