diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/AST.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/AST.cpp
index 2756de4796..c3a1b7b5ae 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/AST.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/AST.cpp
@@ -1251,7 +1251,8 @@ Value Identifier::execute(Interpreter& interpreter, GlobalObject& global_object)
 
     auto value = interpreter.vm().get_variable(string(), global_object);
     if (value.is_empty()) {
-        interpreter.vm().throw_exception<ReferenceError>(global_object, ErrorType::UnknownIdentifier, string());
+        if (!interpreter.exception())
+            interpreter.vm().throw_exception<ReferenceError>(global_object, ErrorType::UnknownIdentifier, string());
         return {};
     }
     return value;
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/VM.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/VM.cpp
index 84330f8e6e..b6044df7b0 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/VM.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/VM.cpp
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ Value VM::get_variable(const FlyString& name, GlobalObject& global_object)
 
         for (auto* scope = current_scope(); scope; scope = scope->parent()) {
             auto possible_match = scope->get_from_scope(name);
+            if (exception())
+                return {};
             if (possible_match.has_value())
                 return possible_match.value().value;
         }