diff --git a/Configuration/NodeTypes.FormElement.yaml b/Configuration/NodeTypes.FormElement.yaml
index c020029..738557b 100644
--- a/Configuration/NodeTypes.FormElement.yaml
+++ b/Configuration/NodeTypes.FormElement.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@
   constraints:
     nodeTypes:
       '*': false
-  label: "${node.properties.identifier || node.properties.label || ((Neos.Node.label(node) || node.nodeTypeName) + ' (' + node.name + ')')}"
+  # Note: this must not fall back to Neos.Node.label(node) - that delegates to
+  # DelegatingNodeLabelRenderer, which evaluates this very expression again and
+  # thus recurses infinitely. The fallback below mirrors the label the core
+  # renders for node types without a label expression.
+  label: "${node.properties.identifier || node.properties.label || (node.nodeTypeName.value + (node.name ? ' (' + node.name.value + ')' : ''))}"
   ui:
     inlineEditable: true
     label: 'Form Element'