diff --git a/src/callbacks.jl b/src/callbacks.jl
index e5a09045c..a4333d2cd 100644
--- a/src/callbacks.jl
+++ b/src/callbacks.jl
@@ -116,45 +116,42 @@ function get_condition(integrator::DEIntegrator, callback, abst)
     end
 end
 
-# Use Recursion to find the first callback for type-stability
-
-# Base Case: Only one callback
-function find_first_continuous_callback(integrator, callback::AbstractContinuousCallback)
-    (find_callback_time(integrator, callback, 1)..., 1, 1)
-end
-
-# Starting Case: Compute on the first callback
-function find_first_continuous_callback(integrator, callback::AbstractContinuousCallback,
-    args...)
-    find_first_continuous_callback(integrator,
-        find_callback_time(integrator, callback, 1)..., 1, 1,
-        args...)
+# Use a generated function for type stability even when many callbacks are given
+@inline function find_first_continuous_callback(integrator,
+                                                callbacks::Vararg{
+                                                                  AbstractContinuousCallback,
+                                                                  N}) where {N}
+    find_first_continuous_callback(integrator, tuple(callbacks...))
 end
-
-function find_first_continuous_callback(integrator, tmin::Number, upcrossing::Number,
-    event_occurred::Bool, event_idx::Int, idx::Int,
-    counter::Int,
-    callback2)
-    counter += 1 # counter is idx for callback2.
-    tmin2, upcrossing2, event_occurred2, event_idx2 = find_callback_time(integrator,
-        callback2, counter)
-
-    if event_occurred2 && (tmin2 < tmin || !event_occurred)
-        return tmin2, upcrossing2, true, event_idx2, counter, counter
-    else
-        return tmin, upcrossing, event_occurred, event_idx, idx, counter
+@generated function find_first_continuous_callback(integrator,
+                                                   callbacks::NTuple{N,
+                                                                     AbstractContinuousCallback
+                                                                     }) where {N}
+    ex = quote
+        tmin, upcrossing, event_occurred, event_idx = find_callback_time(integrator,
+                                                                         callbacks[1], 1)
+        identified_idx = 1
     end
-end
-
-function find_first_continuous_callback(integrator, tmin::Number, upcrossing::Number,
-    event_occurred::Bool, event_idx::Int, idx::Int,
-    counter::Int, callback2, args...)
-    find_first_continuous_callback(integrator,
-        find_first_continuous_callback(integrator, tmin,
-            upcrossing,
-            event_occurred,
-            event_idx, idx, counter,
-            callback2)..., args...)
+    for i in 2:N
+        ex = quote
+            $ex
+            tmin2, upcrossing2, event_occurred2, event_idx2 = find_callback_time(integrator,
+                                                                                 callbacks[$i],
+                                                                                 $i)
+            if event_occurred2 && (tmin2 < tmin || !event_occurred)
+                tmin = tmin2
+                upcrossing = upcrossing2
+                event_occurred = true
+                event_idx = event_idx2
+                identified_idx = $i
+            end
+        end
+    end
+    ex = quote
+        $ex
+        return tmin, upcrossing, event_occurred, event_idx, identified_idx, $N
+    end
+    ex
 end
 
 @inline function determine_event_occurance(integrator, callback::VectorContinuousCallback,
diff --git a/test/callbacks.jl b/test/callbacks.jl
index 9260e980e..252af55bd 100644
--- a/test/callbacks.jl
+++ b/test/callbacks.jl
@@ -50,3 +50,55 @@ cbs5 = CallbackSet(cbs1, cbs2)
 
 @test length(cbs5.discrete_callbacks) == 1
 @test length(cbs5.continuous_callbacks) == 2
+
+# For the purposes of this test, create a empty integrator type and
+# override find_callback_time, since we don't actually care about testing
+# the find callback time aspect, just the inference failure
+struct EmptyIntegrator
+    u::Vector{Float64}
+end
+function DiffEqBase.find_callback_time(integrator::EmptyIntegrator,
+                                       callback::ContinuousCallback, counter)
+    1.0 + counter, 0.9 + counter, true, counter
+end
+function DiffEqBase.find_callback_time(integrator::EmptyIntegrator,
+                                       callback::VectorContinuousCallback, counter)
+    1.0 + counter, 0.9 + counter, true, counter
+end
+find_first_integrator = EmptyIntegrator([1.0, 2.0])
+vector_affect! = function (integrator, idx)
+    integrator.u = integrator.u + idx
+end
+
+cond_1(u, t, integrator) = t - 1.0
+cond_2(u, t, integrator) = t - 1.1
+cond_3(u, t, integrator) = t - 1.2
+cond_4(u, t, integrator) = t - 1.3
+cond_5(u, t, integrator) = t - 1.4
+cond_6(u, t, integrator) = t - 1.5
+cond_7(u, t, integrator) = t - 1.6
+cond_8(u, t, integrator) = t - 1.7
+cond_9(u, t, integrator) = t - 1.8
+cond_10(u, t, integrator) = t - 1.9
+# Setup a lot of callbacks so the recursive inference failure happens
+callbacks = (ContinuousCallback(cond_1, affect!),
+             ContinuousCallback(cond_2, affect!),
+             ContinuousCallback(cond_3, affect!),
+             ContinuousCallback(cond_4, affect!),
+             ContinuousCallback(cond_5, affect!),
+             ContinuousCallback(cond_6, affect!),
+             ContinuousCallback(cond_7, affect!),
+             ContinuousCallback(cond_8, affect!),
+             ContinuousCallback(cond_9, affect!),
+             ContinuousCallback(cond_10, affect!),
+             VectorContinuousCallback(cond_1, vector_affect!, 2),
+             VectorContinuousCallback(cond_2, vector_affect!, 2),
+             VectorContinuousCallback(cond_3, vector_affect!, 2),
+             VectorContinuousCallback(cond_4, vector_affect!, 2),
+             VectorContinuousCallback(cond_5, vector_affect!, 2),
+             VectorContinuousCallback(cond_6, vector_affect!, 2));
+function test_find_first_callback(callbacks, int)
+    @timed(DiffEqBase.find_first_continuous_callback(int, callbacks...))
+end
+test_find_first_callback(callbacks, find_first_integrator);
+@test test_find_first_callback(callbacks, find_first_integrator).bytes == 0