diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops.cc b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
index 212441019..08f719f0f 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ StringMap EvalState::realiseContext(const NixStringContext & context, StorePathS
     if (drvs.empty()) return {};
 
     if (isIFD && !settings.enableImportFromDerivation)
-        error<EvalError>(
+        error<EvalBaseError>(
             "cannot build '%1%' during evaluation because the option 'allow-import-from-derivation' is disabled",
             drvs.begin()->to_string(*store)
         ).debugThrow();
diff --git a/tests/functional/flakes/eval-cache.sh b/tests/functional/flakes/eval-cache.sh
index 0f8df1b91..d581a8dbd 100755
--- a/tests/functional/flakes/eval-cache.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/flakes/eval-cache.sh
@@ -7,12 +7,22 @@ requireGit
 flake1Dir="$TEST_ROOT/eval-cache-flake"
 
 createGitRepo "$flake1Dir" ""
+cp ../simple.nix ../simple.builder.sh ../config.nix "$flake1Dir/"
+git -C "$flake1Dir" add simple.nix simple.builder.sh config.nix
+git -C "$flake1Dir" commit -m "config.nix"
 
 cat >"$flake1Dir/flake.nix" <<EOF
 {
   description = "Fnord";
-  outputs = { self }: {
+  outputs = { self }: let inherit (import ./config.nix) mkDerivation; in {
     foo.bar = throw "breaks";
+    drv = mkDerivation {
+      name = "build";
+      buildCommand = ''
+        echo true > \$out
+      '';
+    };
+    ifd = assert (import self.drv); self.drv;
   };
 }
 EOF
@@ -22,3 +32,8 @@ git -C "$flake1Dir" commit -m "Init"
 
 expect 1 nix build "$flake1Dir#foo.bar" 2>&1 | grepQuiet 'error: breaks'
 expect 1 nix build "$flake1Dir#foo.bar" 2>&1 | grepQuiet 'error: breaks'
+
+# Conditional error should not be cached
+expect 1 nix build "$flake1Dir#ifd" --option allow-import-from-derivation false 2>&1 \
+  | grepQuiet 'error: cannot build .* during evaluation because the option '\''allow-import-from-derivation'\'' is disabled'
+nix build "$flake1Dir#ifd"