diff --git a/addons/docs/src/frameworks/svelte/extractArgTypes.ts b/addons/docs/src/frameworks/svelte/extractArgTypes.ts
index c560ce65b28b..d9374d2476c8 100644
--- a/addons/docs/src/frameworks/svelte/extractArgTypes.ts
+++ b/addons/docs/src/frameworks/svelte/extractArgTypes.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { ArgTypes } from '@storybook/api';
+import { logger } from '@storybook/client-logger';
 
 import { ArgTypesExtractor } from '../../lib/docgen';
 
@@ -33,19 +34,23 @@ type Docgen = {
 };
 
 export const extractArgTypes: ArgTypesExtractor = (component) => {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line new-cap
-  const comp: ComponentWithDocgen = new component({ props: {} });
-  // eslint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle
-  const docs = comp.__docgen;
-
-  const results = createArgTypes(docs);
-
-  return results;
+  try {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line new-cap
+    const comp: ComponentWithDocgen = new component({ props: {} });
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle
+    const docgen = comp.__docgen;
+    if (docgen) {
+      return createArgTypes(docgen);
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.log(`Error extracting argTypes: ${err}`);
+  }
+  return {};
 };
 
-export const createArgTypes = (docs: Docgen) => {
+export const createArgTypes = (docgen: Docgen) => {
   const results: ArgTypes = {};
-  docs.data.forEach((item) => {
+  docgen.data.forEach((item) => {
     results[item.name] = {
       control: { type: parseType(item.type.type) },
       name: item.name,
diff --git a/examples/svelte-kitchen-sink/src/stories/error.stories.js b/examples/svelte-kitchen-sink/src/stories/error.stories.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..21be1c4add54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/svelte-kitchen-sink/src/stories/error.stories.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import ErrorView from './views/ErrorView.svelte';
+
+export default {
+  title: 'Error',
+  component: ErrorView,
+  parameters: {
+    chromatic: { disable: true },
+    storyshots: { disable: true },
+  },
+};
+
+export const Error = () => ({
+  Component: ErrorView,
+});
diff --git a/examples/svelte-kitchen-sink/src/stories/views/ErrorView.svelte b/examples/svelte-kitchen-sink/src/stories/views/ErrorView.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..50847c1e169f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/svelte-kitchen-sink/src/stories/views/ErrorView.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<script>
+  export let myFunction;
+  myFunction();
+</script>
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