diff --git a/webserver/webserver/src/main/java/io/helidon/webserver/RequestRouting.java b/webserver/webserver/src/main/java/io/helidon/webserver/RequestRouting.java
index 51011eae4e3..5681bc4b7e9 100644
--- a/webserver/webserver/src/main/java/io/helidon/webserver/RequestRouting.java
+++ b/webserver/webserver/src/main/java/io/helidon/webserver/RequestRouting.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017, 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ private void defaultHandler(Throwable t) {
 
         @Override
         public void next(Throwable t) {
-            checkNexted();
+            checkNexted(t);
 
             nextNoCheck(t);
         }
diff --git a/webserver/webserver/src/test/java/io/helidon/webserver/RoutingTest.java b/webserver/webserver/src/test/java/io/helidon/webserver/RoutingTest.java
index 5a554a2b5d6..251d1c1bdbe 100644
--- a/webserver/webserver/src/test/java/io/helidon/webserver/RoutingTest.java
+++ b/webserver/webserver/src/test/java/io/helidon/webserver/RoutingTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 package io.helidon.webserver;
 
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 
 import io.helidon.common.context.Context;
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -58,6 +61,33 @@ public void basicRouting() {
         assertThat(checker.handlersInvoked(), is("namedUserHandler"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void nextedThrowable() {
+        final RoutingChecker checker = new RoutingChecker();
+        List<Exception> errors = new ArrayList<>();
+        Routing routing = Routing.builder()
+                                 .any("/", (req, resp) -> {
+                                     // make it "nexted"
+                                     req.next();
+                                     // propagate an exception while already "nexted"
+                                     req.next(new Exception("Booh"));
+                                 })
+                                 .get("/", (req, res) -> {
+                                     checker.handlerInvoked("terminalHandler");
+                                 })
+                                 .error(Exception.class, (req, res, ex) -> {
+                                     errors.add(ex);
+                                 })
+                                 .build();
+
+        routing.route(mockRequest("/", Http.Method.GET), mockResponse());
+        assertThat(checker.handlersInvoked(), is("terminalHandler"));
+        assertThat(errors.size(), is(1));
+        Exception ex = errors.get(0);
+        assertThat(ex.getCause(), is(notNullValue()));
+        assertThat(ex.getCause().getMessage(), is("Booh"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void routeFilters() {
         final RoutingChecker checker = new RoutingChecker();