diff --git a/crates/js/src/builtins.rs b/crates/js/src/builtins.rs
index 0e437c961..885bf81d5 100644
--- a/crates/js/src/builtins.rs
+++ b/crates/js/src/builtins.rs
@@ -159,12 +159,17 @@ fn has_at(interp: &mut Interp, o: ObjId, k: f64) -> JsResult<bool> {
 /// The estimated bytes a new element adds.
 const ELEMENT_BYTES: usize = PROP_BYTES + 32 + 2 * 10;
 
-/// `o[k] = v` as the array methods assign: a failure throws. `v` stays rooted while heap is
-/// reserved for it, since the caller may hold it nowhere else.
-fn put_at(interp: &mut Interp, o: ObjId, k: f64, v: Value) -> JsResult<()> {
+/// `o[k] = v` as the array methods assign: a failure throws. When `o` has no own property `k`, `v`
+/// stays rooted while heap is reserved for the new element, since the caller may hold it nowhere
+/// else; overwriting an own property reserves nothing.
+pub(crate) fn put_at(interp: &mut Interp, o: ObjId, k: f64, v: Value) -> JsResult<()> {
+    let k = key_of(k);
+    if interp.heap.object(o).is_some_and(|obj| obj.props.contains(&k)) {
+        return interp.put(o, k, v, true);
+    }
     interp.rooted(std::slice::from_ref(&v), |i| {
         i.reserve_heap(ELEMENT_BYTES)?;
-        i.put(o, key_of(k), v.clone(), true)
+        i.put(o, k.clone(), v.clone(), true)
     })
 }
 
@@ -357,11 +362,12 @@ fn object_to_string(interp: &mut Interp, this: Value, _: &[Value], _: bool) -> J
 
 fn object_to_locale_string(interp: &mut Interp, this: Value, _: &[Value], _: bool) -> JsResult<Value> {
     let o = interp.to_object(&this)?;
-    let f = interp.get_from(o, &key("toString"), &this)?;
+    let receiver = Value::Object(o);
+    let f = interp.get_from(o, &key("toString"), &receiver)?;
     if !interp.is_callable(&f) {
         return Err(interp.type_error("toString is not a function"));
     }
-    interp.call(&f, &this, &[])
+    interp.call(&f, &receiver, &[])
 }
 
 fn object_value_of(interp: &mut Interp, this: Value, _: &[Value], _: bool) -> JsResult<Value> {
diff --git a/crates/js/src/builtins_tests.rs b/crates/js/src/builtins_tests.rs
index 7261054b7..f3d2cb7f6 100644
--- a/crates/js/src/builtins_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/js/src/builtins_tests.rs
@@ -369,6 +369,38 @@ fn a_heap_limit_smaller_than_the_built_ins_still_installs_every_built_in() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn to_locale_string_calls_to_string_on_the_boxed_value() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        string(
+            "Object.defineProperty(Object.getPrototypeOf(Object(5)), 'toString', {value: function () { 'use strict'; return typeof this; }}); \
+             Object.prototype.toLocaleString.call(5)"
+        ),
+        "object"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn array_methods_overwriting_elements_need_no_heap_for_new_ones() {
+    // With the heap exactly at its limit, an array method's write over an existing element
+    // succeeds, and a write that adds an element stops with the heap limit.
+    use crate::heap::key;
+    use crate::interp::Abrupt;
+    use crate::value::Value;
+    let mut realm = small(Limits::default());
+    assert_eq!(realm.run("var a = [1, 2]; 0"), Ok(JsValue::Number(0.0)));
+    let interp = realm.interp();
+    let global = interp.global;
+    let a = match interp.get_from(global, &key("a"), &Value::Object(global)) {
+        Ok(Value::Object(a)) => a,
+        other => panic!("{other:?}"),
+    };
+    interp.collect_garbage();
+    interp.limits.heap_bytes = interp.heap.bytes;
+    assert!(crate::builtins::put_at(interp, a, 0.0, Value::Number(5.0)).is_ok());
+    assert!(matches!(crate::builtins::put_at(interp, a, 2.0, Value::Number(5.0)), Err(Abrupt::Limit(LimitKind::Heap))));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn a_realm_whose_built_ins_failed_to_install_runs_nothing() {
     let mut realm = Realm::new();