diff --git a/wgpu/examples/hello-compute/main.rs b/wgpu/examples/hello-compute/main.rs
index 500f728d5f..6e70c0236c 100644
--- a/wgpu/examples/hello-compute/main.rs
+++ b/wgpu/examples/hello-compute/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 use std::{borrow::Cow, convert::TryInto, str::FromStr};
 use wgpu::util::DeviceExt;
 
+// Indicates a u32 overflow in an intermediate Collatz value
+const OVERFLOW: u32 = 0xffffffff;
+
 async fn run() {
     let numbers = if std::env::args().len() <= 1 {
         let default = vec![1, 2, 3, 4];
@@ -13,10 +16,19 @@ async fn run() {
             .collect()
     };
 
-    let times = execute_gpu(numbers).await;
-    println!("Times: {:?}", times);
+    let steps = execute_gpu(numbers).await;
+
+    let disp_steps: Vec<String> = steps
+        .iter()
+        .map(|&n| match n {
+            OVERFLOW => "OVERFLOW".to_string(),
+            _ => n.to_string(),
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    println!("Steps: [{}]", disp_steps.join(", "));
     #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
-    log::info!("Times: {:?}", times);
+    log::info!("Steps: [{}]", disp_steps.join(", "));
 }
 
 async fn execute_gpu(numbers: Vec<u32>) -> Vec<u32> {
@@ -194,6 +206,15 @@ mod tests {
         pollster::block_on(assert_execute_gpu(input, vec![5, 15, 6, 19]));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_compute_overflow() {
+        let input = vec![77031, 837799, 8400511, 63728127];
+        pollster::block_on(assert_execute_gpu(
+            input,
+            vec![350, 524, OVERFLOW, OVERFLOW],
+        ));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_multithreaded_compute() {
         use std::{sync::mpsc, thread, time::Duration};
diff --git a/wgpu/examples/hello-compute/shader.wgsl b/wgpu/examples/hello-compute/shader.wgsl
index c6ddb72039..2ac9b864b3 100644
--- a/wgpu/examples/hello-compute/shader.wgsl
+++ b/wgpu/examples/hello-compute/shader.wgsl
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ fn collatz_iterations(n_base: u32) -> u32{
             n = n / 2u;
         }
         else {
+            // Overflow? (i.e. 3*n + 1 > 0xffffffffu?)
+            if (n >= 1431655765u) {   // 0x55555555u
+                return 4294967295u;   // 0xffffffffu
+            }
+
             n = 3u * n + 1u;
         }
         i = i + 1u;