diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/page-meta.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/page-meta.ts
index 0852c0198e..f970d157bc 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/page-meta.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/page-meta.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,14 @@ export const PageMetaPlugin = createUnplugin((options: PageMetaPluginOptions) =>
       }
 
       if (!hasMacro && !code.includes('export { default }') && !code.includes('__nuxt_page_meta')) {
-        s.overwrite(0, code.length, CODE_EMPTY + (options.dev ? CODE_HMR : ''))
+        if (!code) {
+          s.append(CODE_EMPTY + (options.dev ? CODE_HMR : ''))
+          const { pathname } = parseURL(decodeURIComponent(pathToFileURL(id).href))
+          console.error(`The file \`${pathname}\` is not a valid page as it has no content.`)
+        } else {
+          s.overwrite(0, code.length, CODE_EMPTY + (options.dev ? CODE_HMR : ''))
+        }
+
         return result()
       }
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/pages/empty.ts b/test/fixtures/basic/pages/empty.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2