diff --git a/docs/changelog/bugfix.2269.rst b/docs/changelog/bugfix.2269.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdedc778a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/bugfix.2269.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix ``AttributeError: 'bool' object has no attribute 'error'`` when creating a
+Python 2.x virtualenv on macOS - by ``moreati``
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/cpython/mac_os.py b/src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/cpython/mac_os.py
index 4f7f646c5..812ec589c 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/cpython/mac_os.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/cpython/mac_os.py
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ def image_ref(cls, interpreter):
 class CPython2macOsFramework(CPythonmacOsFramework, CPython2PosixBase):
     @classmethod
     def can_create(cls, interpreter):
-        return not IS_MAC_ARM64 and super(CPython2macOsFramework, cls).can_describe(interpreter)
+        if not IS_MAC_ARM64 and super(CPython2macOsFramework, cls).can_describe(interpreter):
+            return super(CPython2macOsFramework, cls).can_create(interpreter)
+        return False
 
     @classmethod
     def image_ref(cls, interpreter):
@@ -111,7 +113,9 @@ def reload_code(self):
 class CPython2macOsArmFramework(CPython2macOsFramework, CPythonmacOsFramework, CPython2PosixBase):
     @classmethod
     def can_create(cls, interpreter):
-        return IS_MAC_ARM64 and super(CPythonmacOsFramework, cls).can_describe(interpreter)
+        if IS_MAC_ARM64 and super(CPythonmacOsFramework, cls).can_describe(interpreter):
+            return super(CPythonmacOsFramework, cls).can_create(interpreter)
+        return False
 
     def create(self):
         super(CPython2macOsFramework, self).create()