diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index 1321e00a5..47cc35daa 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -1602,7 +1602,7 @@ void EvalState::callFunction(Value & fun, std::span<Value *> args, Value & vRes,
                                              symbols[i.name])
                                     .atPos(lambda.pos)
                                     .withTrace(pos, "from call site")
-                                    .withFrame(*fun.lambda().env, lambda)
+                                    .withFrame(*vCur.lambda().env, lambda)
                                     .debugThrow();
                         }
                         env2.values[displ++] = i.def->maybeThunk(*this, env2);
@@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@ void EvalState::callFunction(Value & fun, std::span<Value *> args, Value & vRes,
                                 .atPos(lambda.pos)
                                 .withTrace(pos, "from call site")
                                 .withSuggestions(suggestions)
-                                .withFrame(*fun.lambda().env, lambda)
+                                .withFrame(*vCur.lambda().env, lambda)
                                 .debugThrow();
                         }
                     unreachable();
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/eval-fail-missing-arg-import.err.exp b/tests/functional/lang/eval-fail-missing-arg-import.err.exp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45774f003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/lang/eval-fail-missing-arg-import.err.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+error:
+       … from call site
+         at /pwd/lang/eval-fail-missing-arg-import.nix:1:1:
+            1| import ./non-eval-trivial-lambda-formals.nix { }
+             | ^
+            2|
+
+       error: function 'anonymous lambda' called without required argument 'a'
+       at /pwd/lang/non-eval-trivial-lambda-formals.nix:1:1:
+            1| { a }: a
+             | ^
+            2|
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/eval-fail-missing-arg-import.nix b/tests/functional/lang/eval-fail-missing-arg-import.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7cb33f2b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/lang/eval-fail-missing-arg-import.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+import ./non-eval-trivial-lambda-formals.nix { }
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/eval-fail-undeclared-arg-import.err.exp b/tests/functional/lang/eval-fail-undeclared-arg-import.err.exp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca797d3ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/lang/eval-fail-undeclared-arg-import.err.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+error:
+       … from call site
+         at /pwd/lang/eval-fail-undeclared-arg-import.nix:1:1:
+            1| import ./non-eval-trivial-lambda-formals.nix {
+             | ^
+            2|   a = "a";
+
+       error: function 'anonymous lambda' called with unexpected argument 'b'
+       at /pwd/lang/non-eval-trivial-lambda-formals.nix:1:1:
+            1| { a }: a
+             | ^
+            2|
+       Did you mean a?
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/eval-fail-undeclared-arg-import.nix b/tests/functional/lang/eval-fail-undeclared-arg-import.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8454c725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/lang/eval-fail-undeclared-arg-import.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import ./non-eval-trivial-lambda-formals.nix {
+  a = "a";
+  b = "b";
+}
diff --git a/tests/functional/lang/non-eval-trivial-lambda-formals.nix b/tests/functional/lang/non-eval-trivial-lambda-formals.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46a7ea4f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/lang/non-eval-trivial-lambda-formals.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ a }: a