diff --git a/browser/mapping_test.go b/browser/mapping_test.go
index d1fc078bd..370586930 100644
--- a/browser/mapping_test.go
+++ b/browser/mapping_test.go
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ type locatorAPI interface {
 	IsHidden(opts goja.Value) (bool, error)
 	Fill(value string, opts goja.Value) error
 	Focus(opts goja.Value) error
-	GetAttribute(name string, opts goja.Value) goja.Value
+	GetAttribute(name string, opts goja.Value) (any, error)
 	InnerHTML(opts goja.Value) string
 	InnerText(opts goja.Value) string
 	TextContent(opts goja.Value) string
diff --git a/common/locator.go b/common/locator.go
index 9a68b5d21..9311466ae 100644
--- a/common/locator.go
+++ b/common/locator.go
@@ -323,27 +323,22 @@ func (l *Locator) focus(opts *FrameBaseOptions) error {
 }
 
 // GetAttribute of the element using locator's selector with strict mode on.
-func (l *Locator) GetAttribute(name string, opts goja.Value) any {
+func (l *Locator) GetAttribute(name string, opts goja.Value) (any, error) {
 	l.log.Debugf(
 		"Locator:GetAttribute", "fid:%s furl:%q sel:%q name:%q opts:%+v",
 		l.frame.ID(), l.frame.URL(), l.selector, name, opts,
 	)
 
-	var err error
-	defer func() { panicOrSlowMo(l.ctx, err) }()
-
 	copts := NewFrameBaseOptions(l.frame.defaultTimeout())
-	if err = copts.Parse(l.ctx, opts); err != nil {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("parsing get attribute options: %w", err)
-		return nil
+	if err := copts.Parse(l.ctx, opts); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("parsing get attribute options: %w", err)
 	}
-	var v any
-	if v, err = l.getAttribute(name, copts); err != nil {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("getting attribute %q of %q: %w", name, l.selector, err)
-		return nil
+	v, err := l.getAttribute(name, copts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting attribute %q of %q: %w", name, l.selector, err)
 	}
 
-	return v
+	return v, nil
 }
 
 func (l *Locator) getAttribute(name string, opts *FrameBaseOptions) (any, error) {
diff --git a/tests/locator_test.go b/tests/locator_test.go
index 1aba3b70d..92ccd788d 100644
--- a/tests/locator_test.go
+++ b/tests/locator_test.go
@@ -144,9 +144,10 @@ func TestLocator(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			"GetAttribute", func(tb *testBrowser, p *common.Page) {
+			"GetAttribute", func(_ *testBrowser, p *common.Page) {
 				l := p.Locator("#inputText", nil)
-				v := l.GetAttribute("value", nil)
+				v, err := l.GetAttribute("value", nil)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
 				require.NotNil(t, v)
 				require.Equal(t, "something", v)
 			},
@@ -343,7 +344,12 @@ func TestLocator(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			"GetAttribute", func(l *common.Locator, tb *testBrowser) { l.GetAttribute("value", timeout(tb)) },
+			"GetAttribute", func(l *common.Locator, tb *testBrowser) {
+				if _, err := l.GetAttribute("value", timeout(tb)); err != nil {
+					// TODO: remove panic and update tests when all locator methods return error.
+					panic(err)
+				}
+			},
 		},
 		{
 			"Hover", func(l *common.Locator, tb *testBrowser) { l.Hover(timeout(tb)) },