diff --git a/src/jsc/bindings/BunPlugin.cpp b/src/jsc/bindings/BunPlugin.cpp
index 5773394aed3..bf2e350e2f4 100644
--- a/src/jsc/bindings/BunPlugin.cpp
+++ b/src/jsc/bindings/BunPlugin.cpp
@@ -302,8 +302,11 @@ static inline JSC::EncodedJSValue setupBunPlugin(JSC::JSGlobalObject* globalObje
     auto targetValue = obj->getIfPropertyExists(globalObject, Identifier::fromString(vm, "target"_s));
     RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION(throwScope, {});
     if (targetValue) {
-        if (auto* targetJSString = targetValue.toStringOrNull(globalObject)) {
+        auto* targetJSString = targetValue.toStringOrNull(globalObject);
+        RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION(throwScope, {});
+        if (targetJSString) {
             String targetString = targetJSString->value(globalObject);
+            RETURN_IF_EXCEPTION(throwScope, {});
             if (!(targetString == "node"_s || targetString == "bun"_s || targetString == "browser"_s)) {
                 JSC::throwTypeError(globalObject, throwScope, "plugin target must be one of 'node', 'bun' or 'browser'"_s);
                 return {};
diff --git a/test/js/bun/plugin/plugins.test.ts b/test/js/bun/plugin/plugins.test.ts
index 1ccd453b224..6c0990f38e3 100644
--- a/test/js/bun/plugin/plugins.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/bun/plugin/plugins.test.ts
@@ -560,3 +560,17 @@ it("recursion throws stack overflow at entry point", () => {
 
   expect(result.stderr.toString()).toContain("RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded.");
 });
+
+it("does not crash when target property throws on string conversion", () => {
+  const badTarget = {
+    toString() {
+      return {};
+    },
+    valueOf() {
+      return {};
+    },
+  };
+  expect(() => {
+    plugin({ name: "bad-target", target: badTarget as any, setup() {} });
+  }).toThrow();
+});