diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/error.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/error.ts
index d0f176b189..d83512f6bc 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/error.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/error.ts
@@ -45,14 +45,20 @@ export default <NitroErrorHandler> async function errorhandler (error: H3Error,
     return send(event, JSON.stringify(errorObject))
   }
 
+  // Access request headers
+  const reqHeaders = getRequestHeaders(event)
+
+  // Detect to avoid recursion in SSR rendering of errors
+  const isRenderingError = event.path.startsWith('/__nuxt_error') || !!reqHeaders['x-nuxt-error']
+
   // HTML response (via SSR)
-  const isErrorPage = event.path.startsWith('/__nuxt_error')
-  const res = !isErrorPage
-    ? await useNitroApp().localFetch(withQuery(joinURL(useRuntimeConfig().app.baseURL, '/__nuxt_error'), errorObject), {
-      headers: getRequestHeaders(event) as Record<string, string>,
+  const res = isRenderingError ? null : await useNitroApp().localFetch(
+    withQuery(joinURL(useRuntimeConfig().app.baseURL, '/__nuxt_error'), errorObject),
+    {
+      headers: { ...reqHeaders, 'x-nuxt-error': 'true' },
       redirect: 'manual'
-    }).catch(() => null)
-    : null
+    }
+  ).catch(() => null)
 
   // Fallback to static rendered error page
   if (!res) {
diff --git a/test/basic.test.ts b/test/basic.test.ts
index 31e3d919e7..c99c2face4 100644
--- a/test/basic.test.ts
+++ b/test/basic.test.ts
@@ -814,6 +814,17 @@ describe('errors', () => {
         "url": "/__nuxt_error",
       }
     `)
+
+    it('should not recursively throw an error when there is an error rendering the error page', async () => {
+      const res = await $fetch('/', {
+        headers: {
+          'x-test-recurse-error': 'true',
+          accept: 'text/html'
+        }
+      })
+      expect(typeof res).toBe('string')
+      expect(res).toContain('Hello Nuxt 3!')
+    })
   })
 
   // TODO: need to create test for webpack
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/plugins/error.server.ts b/test/fixtures/basic/plugins/error.server.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86d5255786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/plugins/error.server.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export default defineNuxtPlugin(async () => {
+  if (useRequestHeaders(['x-test-recurse-error'])['x-test-recurse-error']) {
+    await useRequestFetch()('/api/error').catch(() => {})
+  }
+})
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/server/api/error.ts b/test/fixtures/basic/server/api/error.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d83567557b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/server/api/error.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export default defineEventHandler(async () => {
+  throw createError({ statusCode: 400 })
+})