diff --git a/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm_interp_classic.c b/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm_interp_classic.c
index ca972fd4..3aec3f4c 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm_interp_classic.c
+++ b/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm_interp_classic.c
@@ -1509,6 +1509,9 @@ wasm_interp_call_func_bytecode(WASMModuleInstance *module,
     WASMStringviewIterObjectRef stringview_iter_obj;
 #endif
 #endif
+#if WASM_ENABLE_TAIL_CALL != 0 || WASM_ENABLE_GC != 0
+    bool is_return_call = false;
+#endif
 #if WASM_ENABLE_MEMORY64 != 0
     /* TODO: multi-memories for now assuming the memory idx type is consistent
      * across multi-memories */
@@ -6227,6 +6230,9 @@ wasm_interp_call_func_bytecode(WASMModuleInstance *module,
                 frame_ip = frame->ip;
                 frame_sp = frame->sp;
                 frame_csp = frame->csp;
+#if WASM_ENABLE_TAIL_CALL != 0 || WASM_ENABLE_GC != 0
+                is_return_call = false;
+#endif
                 goto call_func_from_entry;
             }
 
@@ -6320,6 +6326,7 @@ wasm_interp_call_func_bytecode(WASMModuleInstance *module,
         }
         FREE_FRAME(exec_env, frame);
         wasm_exec_env_set_cur_frame(exec_env, prev_frame);
+        is_return_call = true;
         goto call_func_from_entry;
     }
 #endif
@@ -6333,6 +6340,9 @@ wasm_interp_call_func_bytecode(WASMModuleInstance *module,
         }
         SYNC_ALL_TO_FRAME();
         prev_frame = frame;
+#if WASM_ENABLE_TAIL_CALL != 0 || WASM_ENABLE_GC != 0
+        is_return_call = false;
+#endif
     }
 
     call_func_from_entry:
@@ -6342,15 +6352,27 @@ wasm_interp_call_func_bytecode(WASMModuleInstance *module,
             if (cur_func->import_func_inst) {
                 wasm_interp_call_func_import(module, exec_env, cur_func,
                                              prev_frame);
+#if WASM_ENABLE_TAIL_CALL != 0 || WASM_ENABLE_GC != 0
+                if (is_return_call) {
+                    /* the frame was freed before tail calling and
+                       the prev_frame was set as exec_env's cur_frame,
+                       so here we recover context from prev_frame */
+                    RECOVER_CONTEXT(prev_frame);
+                }
+                else
+#endif
+                {
+                    prev_frame = frame->prev_frame;
+                    cur_func = frame->function;
+                    UPDATE_ALL_FROM_FRAME();
+                }
+
 #if WASM_ENABLE_EXCE_HANDLING != 0
                 char uncaught_exception[128] = { 0 };
                 bool has_exception =
                     wasm_copy_exception(module, uncaught_exception);
                 if (has_exception
                     && strstr(uncaught_exception, "uncaught wasm exception")) {
-                    /* fix framesp */
-                    UPDATE_ALL_FROM_FRAME();
-
                     uint32 import_exception;
                     /* initialize imported exception index to be invalid */
                     SET_INVALID_TAGINDEX(import_exception);
@@ -6392,12 +6414,22 @@ wasm_interp_call_func_bytecode(WASMModuleInstance *module,
             {
                 wasm_interp_call_func_native(module, exec_env, cur_func,
                                              prev_frame);
+#if WASM_ENABLE_TAIL_CALL != 0 || WASM_ENABLE_GC != 0
+                if (is_return_call) {
+                    /* the frame was freed before tail calling and
+                       the prev_frame was set as exec_env's cur_frame,
+                       so here we recover context from prev_frame */
+                    RECOVER_CONTEXT(prev_frame);
+                }
+                else
+#endif
+                {
+                    prev_frame = frame->prev_frame;
+                    cur_func = frame->function;
+                    UPDATE_ALL_FROM_FRAME();
+                }
             }
 
-            prev_frame = frame->prev_frame;
-            cur_func = frame->function;
-            UPDATE_ALL_FROM_FRAME();
-
             /* update memory size, no need to update memory ptr as
                it isn't changed in wasm_enlarge_memory */
 #if !defined(OS_ENABLE_HW_BOUND_CHECK)              \
diff --git a/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm_interp_fast.c b/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm_interp_fast.c
index 00437116..c7cb7026 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm_interp_fast.c
+++ b/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm_interp_fast.c
@@ -1501,6 +1501,9 @@ wasm_interp_call_func_bytecode(WASMModuleInstance *module,
     WASMStringviewIterObjectRef stringview_iter_obj;
 #endif
 #endif
+#if WASM_ENABLE_TAIL_CALL != 0 || WASM_ENABLE_GC != 0
+    bool is_return_call = false;
+#endif
 
 #if WASM_ENABLE_LABELS_AS_VALUES != 0
 #define HANDLE_OPCODE(op) &&HANDLE_##op
@@ -5618,6 +5621,9 @@ wasm_interp_call_func_bytecode(WASMModuleInstance *module,
             {
                 frame = prev_frame;
                 frame_ip = frame->ip;
+#if WASM_ENABLE_TAIL_CALL != 0 || WASM_ENABLE_GC != 0
+                is_return_call = false;
+#endif
                 goto call_func_from_entry;
             }
 
@@ -5766,6 +5772,7 @@ wasm_interp_call_func_bytecode(WASMModuleInstance *module,
         FREE_FRAME(exec_env, frame);
         frame_ip += cur_func->param_count * sizeof(int16);
         wasm_exec_env_set_cur_frame(exec_env, (WASMRuntimeFrame *)prev_frame);
+        is_return_call = true;
         goto call_func_from_entry;
     }
 #endif /* WASM_ENABLE_TAIL_CALL != 0 || WASM_ENABLE_GC != 0 */
@@ -5838,6 +5845,9 @@ wasm_interp_call_func_bytecode(WASMModuleInstance *module,
         }
         SYNC_ALL_TO_FRAME();
         prev_frame = frame;
+#if WASM_ENABLE_TAIL_CALL != 0 || WASM_ENABLE_GC != 0
+        is_return_call = false;
+#endif
     }
 
     call_func_from_entry:
@@ -5855,9 +5865,20 @@ wasm_interp_call_func_bytecode(WASMModuleInstance *module,
                                              prev_frame);
             }
 
-            prev_frame = frame->prev_frame;
-            cur_func = frame->function;
-            UPDATE_ALL_FROM_FRAME();
+#if WASM_ENABLE_TAIL_CALL != 0 || WASM_ENABLE_GC != 0
+            if (is_return_call) {
+                /* the frame was freed before tail calling and
+                   the prev_frame was set as exec_env's cur_frame,
+                   so here we recover context from prev_frame */
+                RECOVER_CONTEXT(prev_frame);
+            }
+            else
+#endif
+            {
+                prev_frame = frame->prev_frame;
+                cur_func = frame->function;
+                UPDATE_ALL_FROM_FRAME();
+            }
 
             /* update memory size, no need to update memory ptr as
                it isn't changed in wasm_enlarge_memory */