diff --git a/lix/libexpr/eval.cc b/lix/libexpr/eval.cc
index d3f203748..4882199f4 100644
--- a/lix/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/lix/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ Value EvalState::callFunction(Value & fun, std::span<Value> args, const PosIdx p
                 } catch (ThrownError & e) {
                     // Distinguish between an error that simply happened while "throw"
                     // was being evaluated and an explicit thrown error.
-                    if (fn->name == "throw") {
+                    if (fn->name == "throw" && !e.hasTrace()) {
                         e.addTrace(ctx.positions[pos], "caused by explicit %s", "throw");
                     } else {
                         e.addTrace(ctx.positions[pos], "while calling the '%s' builtin", fn->name);
diff --git a/tests/functional2/lang/select-err/eval-fail-2.err.exp b/tests/functional2/lang/select-err/eval-fail-2.err.exp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ed4d7594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional2/lang/select-err/eval-fail-2.err.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+error:
+       … while calling the 'throw' builtin
+         at /pwd/in.nix:6:1:
+            5| in
+            6| throw set.inner
+             | ^
+            7|
+
+       … while evaluating the attribute 'inner'
+         at /pwd/in.nix:3:5:
+            2|   set = {
+            3|     inner = throw "nested throw";
+             |     ^
+            4|   };
+
+       … caused by explicit throw
+         at /pwd/in.nix:3:13:
+            2|   set = {
+            3|     inner = throw "nested throw";
+             |             ^
+            4|   };
+
+       error: nested throw
diff --git a/tests/functional2/lang/select-err/in-2.nix b/tests/functional2/lang/select-err/in-2.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d4319ed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional2/lang/select-err/in-2.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+let
+  set = {
+    inner = throw "nested throw";
+  };
+in
+throw set.inner