diff --git a/packages/nuxt/playground/pages/usage-after-await.vue b/packages/nuxt/playground/pages/usage-after-await.vue
index adc86268d0..64af35d2ed 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/playground/pages/usage-after-await.vue
+++ b/packages/nuxt/playground/pages/usage-after-await.vue
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ const useFancyCounter = async () => {
   return useCounter()
 }
 
+const event = useRequestEvent()
+useNuxtApp().hook('vue:error', (error) => {
+  if (event) {
+    setResponseStatus(event, 500, String(error))
+  }
+})
+
 const counter = await useFancyCounter()
 </script>
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/nuxt.spec.ts b/packages/nuxt/test/nuxt.spec.ts
index a1bd848258..1e082e4b8c 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/test/nuxt.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/nuxt.spec.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ describe('works with nuxt', async () => {
   })
 
   it('throws an error server-side when the nuxt context is not available', async () => {
-    await expect($fetch('/usage-after-await')).rejects.toThrow()
+    await expect($fetch('/usage-after-await')).rejects.toThrowError(
+      '[nuxt] instance unavailable'
+    )
   })
 })