diff --git a/src/exec/use_pty/monitor.rs b/src/exec/use_pty/monitor.rs
index 1b763eb65..0d56d1045 100644
--- a/src/exec/use_pty/monitor.rs
+++ b/src/exec/use_pty/monitor.rs
@@ -298,9 +298,7 @@ impl<'a> MonitorClosure<'a> {
             Err(err) => registry.set_break(err),
             Ok(error_code) => {
                 // Received error code from the command, forward it to the parent.
-                self.backchannel
-                    .send(&ParentMessage::IoError(error_code))
-                    .ok();
+                registry.set_break(io::Error::from_raw_os_error(error_code));
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/test-framework/sudo-compliance-tests/src/sudo/misc.rs b/test-framework/sudo-compliance-tests/src/sudo/misc.rs
index 3ed28923b..b7d7b1153 100644
--- a/test-framework/sudo-compliance-tests/src/sudo/misc.rs
+++ b/test-framework/sudo-compliance-tests/src/sudo/misc.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-use sudo_test::User;
-use sudo_test::{helpers::assert_ls_output, Command, Env, BIN_SUDO};
+use sudo_test::{helpers::assert_ls_output, is_original_sudo, Command, Env, User, BIN_SUDO};
 
 use crate::{Result, PANIC_EXIT_CODE, SUDOERS_ALL_ALL_NOPASSWD, USERNAME};
 
@@ -202,6 +201,25 @@ fn does_not_panic_on_io_errors_cli_error() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn does_not_panic_on_invalid_executable() {
+    let env = Env(SUDOERS_ALL_ALL_NOPASSWD).build();
+
+    let output = Command::new("bash")
+        .args(["-c", "sudo /tmp; a=$?; sleep .1; exit $a"])
+        .tty(true) // Necessary to reproduce the panic
+        .output(&env);
+    output.assert_exit_code(1);
+
+    assert!(!output.stderr().contains("panic"), "{output:?}");
+    assert!(!output.stdout_unchecked().contains("panic"), "{output:?}");
+    if is_original_sudo() {
+        assert_contains!(output.stdout_unchecked(), "command not found");
+    } else {
+        assert_contains!(output.stdout_unchecked(), "Permission denied");
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 #[cfg_attr(
     target_os = "freebsd",