diff --git a/src/Chunk.ts b/src/Chunk.ts
index 4e243637654..4ef5032193d 100644
--- a/src/Chunk.ts
+++ b/src/Chunk.ts
@@ -710,11 +710,11 @@ export default class Chunk {
 				dep => (dep.reexports && dep.reexports.length !== 0)!
 			);
 
-		let usesTopLevelAwait = false;
+		let topLevelAwaitModule: string | null = null;
 		const accessedGlobals = new Set<string>();
 		for (const module of this.orderedModules) {
 			if (module.usesTopLevelAwait) {
-				usesTopLevelAwait = true;
+				topLevelAwaitModule = module.id;
 			}
 			const accessedGlobalVariables = this.accessedGlobalsByScope.get(module.scope);
 			if (accessedGlobalVariables) {
@@ -724,9 +724,10 @@ export default class Chunk {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (usesTopLevelAwait && format !== 'es' && format !== 'system') {
+		if (topLevelAwaitModule !== null && format !== 'es' && format !== 'system') {
 			return error({
 				code: 'INVALID_TLA_FORMAT',
+				id: topLevelAwaitModule,
 				message: `Module format ${format} does not support top-level await. Use the "es" or "system" output formats rather.`
 			});
 		}
@@ -753,7 +754,7 @@ export default class Chunk {
 				namedExportsMode: this.exportMode !== 'default',
 				outro: addons.outro,
 				snippets,
-				usesTopLevelAwait,
+				usesTopLevelAwait: topLevelAwaitModule !== null,
 				warn: this.inputOptions.onwarn
 			},
 			options
diff --git a/test/function/samples/invalid-top-level-await/_config.js b/test/function/samples/invalid-top-level-await/_config.js
index 57540628b06..f7ed11adada 100644
--- a/test/function/samples/invalid-top-level-await/_config.js
+++ b/test/function/samples/invalid-top-level-await/_config.js
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+const path = require('path');
+
 module.exports = {
 	description: 'throws for invalid top-level-await format',
 	generateError: {
 		code: 'INVALID_TLA_FORMAT',
 		message:
-			'Module format cjs does not support top-level await. Use the "es" or "system" output formats rather.'
+			'Module format cjs does not support top-level await. Use the "es" or "system" output formats rather.',
+		id: path.join(__dirname, 'main.js')
 	}
 };