diff --git a/src/server/browserContext.ts b/src/server/browserContext.ts
index 3bd692204c262..db666b040715c 100644
--- a/src/server/browserContext.ts
+++ b/src/server/browserContext.ts
@@ -195,9 +195,13 @@ export abstract class BrowserContext extends SdkObject {
     if (!this.pages().length) {
       const waitForEvent = helper.waitForEvent(progress, this, BrowserContext.Events.Page);
       progress.cleanupWhenAborted(() => waitForEvent.dispose);
-      await waitForEvent.promise;
+      const page = (await waitForEvent.promise) as Page;
+      if (page._pageIsError)
+        throw page._pageIsError;
     }
     const pages = this.pages();
+    if (pages[0]._pageIsError)
+      throw pages[0]._pageIsError;
     await pages[0].mainFrame()._waitForLoadState(progress, 'load');
     return pages;
   }
diff --git a/src/server/page.ts b/src/server/page.ts
index 7c4125ba6c92a..8c1bcbd4b3d68 100644
--- a/src/server/page.ts
+++ b/src/server/page.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ export class Page extends SdkObject {
   readonly selectors: Selectors;
   _video: Video | null = null;
   readonly uniqueId: string;
+  _pageIsError: Error | undefined;
 
   constructor(delegate: PageDelegate, browserContext: BrowserContext) {
     super(browserContext);
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ export class Page extends SdkObject {
       // context/browser closure. Just ignore the page.
       if (this._browserContext.isClosingOrClosed())
         return;
-      this._setIsError();
+      this._setIsError(pageOrError);
     }
     this._browserContext.emit(BrowserContext.Events.Page, this);
     const openerDelegate = this._delegate.openerDelegate();
@@ -444,7 +445,8 @@ export class Page extends SdkObject {
       await this._ownedContext.close(metadata);
   }
 
-  private _setIsError() {
+  private _setIsError(error: Error) {
+    this._pageIsError = error;
     if (!this._frameManager.mainFrame())
       this._frameManager.frameAttached('<dummy>', null);
   }
diff --git a/test/page-event-popup.spec.ts b/test/page-event-popup.spec.ts
index a4a375dce5055..ad391490e472d 100644
--- a/test/page-event-popup.spec.ts
+++ b/test/page-event-popup.spec.ts
@@ -164,4 +164,3 @@ it('should not treat navigations as new popups', async ({context, server}) => {
   await context.close();
   expect(badSecondPopup).toBe(false);
 });
-