diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Target/ThreadPlanStepOut.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Target/ThreadPlanStepOut.h
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Target/ThreadPlanStepOut.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Target/ThreadPlanStepOut.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
   std::vector<lldb::StackFrameSP> m_stepped_past_frames;
   lldb::ValueObjectSP m_return_valobj_sp;
   bool m_calculate_return_value;
+  StreamString m_constructor_errors;
 
   friend lldb::ThreadPlanSP Thread::QueueThreadPlanForStepOut(
       bool abort_other_plans, SymbolContext *addr_context, bool first_insn,
diff --git a/lldb/source/Target/ThreadPlanStepOut.cpp b/lldb/source/Target/ThreadPlanStepOut.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Target/ThreadPlanStepOut.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Target/ThreadPlanStepOut.cpp
@@ -126,6 +126,25 @@
     if (m_return_addr == LLDB_INVALID_ADDRESS)
       return;
 
+    // Perform some additional validation on the return address.
+    uint32_t permissions = 0;
+    if (!m_thread.GetProcess()->GetLoadAddressPermissions(m_return_addr,
+                                                          permissions)) {
+      m_constructor_errors.Printf("Return address (0x%" PRIx64
+                                  ") permissions not found.",
+                                  m_return_addr);
+      LLDB_LOGF(log, "ThreadPlanStepOut(%p): %s", static_cast<void *>(this),
+                m_constructor_errors.GetData());
+      return;
+    } else if (!(permissions & ePermissionsExecutable)) {
+      m_constructor_errors.Printf("Return address (0x%" PRIx64
+                                  ") did not point to executable memory.",
+                                  m_return_addr);
+      LLDB_LOGF(log, "ThreadPlanStepOut(%p): %s", static_cast<void *>(this),
+                m_constructor_errors.GetData());
+      return;
+    }
+
     Breakpoint *return_bp = m_thread.CalculateTarget()
                                 ->CreateBreakpoint(m_return_addr, true, false)
                                 .get();
@@ -238,8 +257,13 @@
   }
 
   if (m_return_bp_id == LLDB_INVALID_BREAK_ID) {
-    if (error)
+    if (error) {
       error->PutCString("Could not create return address breakpoint.");
+      if (m_constructor_errors.GetSize() > 0) {
+        error->PutCString(" ");
+        error->PutCString(m_constructor_errors.GetString());
+      }
+    }
     return false;
   }