diff --git a/packages/web3-errors/src/errors/contract_errors.ts b/packages/web3-errors/src/errors/contract_errors.ts
index 3710d9f60f0..ccd2b7dd46a 100644
--- a/packages/web3-errors/src/errors/contract_errors.ts
+++ b/packages/web3-errors/src/errors/contract_errors.ts
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export class Eip838ExecutionError extends Web3ContractError {
 		//	 error.data, error.data.data or error.data.originalError.data (https://github.com/web3/web3.js/issues/4454#issuecomment-1485953455)
 		if (typeof error.data === 'object') {
 			let originalError: { data: string };
-			if ('originalError' in error.data) {
+			if (error.data && 'originalError' in error.data) {
 				originalError = error.data.originalError;
 			} else {
 				// Ganache has no `originalError` sub-object unlike others
diff --git a/packages/web3-errors/test/unit/__snapshots__/errors.test.ts.snap b/packages/web3-errors/test/unit/__snapshots__/errors.test.ts.snap
index 2eefbaa0814..22a863812e8 100644
--- a/packages/web3-errors/test/unit/__snapshots__/errors.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/web3-errors/test/unit/__snapshots__/errors.test.ts.snap
@@ -156,6 +156,17 @@ exports[`errors Eip838ExecutionError should get the data from error.data.origina
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`errors Eip838ExecutionError should return correctly when data is undefined 1`] = `
+{
+  "cause": undefined,
+  "code": undefined,
+  "data": undefined,
+  "innerError": undefined,
+  "message": "Error",
+  "name": "Eip838ExecutionError",
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`errors InvalidConnectionError should have valid json structure 1`] = `
 {
   "cause": undefined,
diff --git a/packages/web3-errors/test/unit/errors.test.ts b/packages/web3-errors/test/unit/errors.test.ts
index 7428cc9b6b3..0731f4dff37 100644
--- a/packages/web3-errors/test/unit/errors.test.ts
+++ b/packages/web3-errors/test/unit/errors.test.ts
@@ -329,6 +329,13 @@ describe('errors', () => {
 				} as JsonRpcError<contractErrors.ProviderErrorData>).toJSON(),
 			).toMatchSnapshot();
 		});
+        it('should return correctly when data is undefined', () => {
+			expect(
+				new contractErrors.Eip838ExecutionError({
+					data: undefined,
+				} as JsonRpcError<contractErrors.ProviderErrorData>).toJSON(),
+			).toMatchSnapshot();
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe('ResponseError', () => {