diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/error.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/error.ts
index d6a60504b2d0..aea8b0c4dd5b 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/error.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/error.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ export async function printError(error: unknown, ctx: Vitest, options: PrintErro
     } as any
   }
 
+  if (!e) {
+    const error = new Error('unknown error')
+    e = {
+      message: e ?? error.message,
+      stack: error.stack,
+    } as any
+  }
+
   const stacks = parseStacktrace(e, fullStack)
 
   await interpretSourcePos(stacks, ctx)
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/utils/source-map.ts b/packages/vitest/src/utils/source-map.ts
index 7ae41a9389f0..e4b734790eae 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/utils/source-map.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/utils/source-map.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ function extractLocation(urlLike: string) {
 }
 
 export function parseStacktrace(e: ErrorWithDiff, full = false): ParsedStack[] {
+  if (!e)
+    return []
+
   if (e.stacks)
     return e.stacks