diff --git a/packages/next/src/build/webpack/loaders/next-metadata-route-loader.ts b/packages/next/src/build/webpack/loaders/next-metadata-route-loader.ts
index a566eb3d2e7bc..f66bd2d3912c7 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/build/webpack/loaders/next-metadata-route-loader.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/build/webpack/loaders/next-metadata-route-loader.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@ import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
 import { imageExtMimeTypeMap } from '../../../lib/mime-type'
 
+function errorOnBadHandler(resourcePath: string) {
+  return `
+  if (typeof handler !== 'function') {
+    throw new Error('Default export is missing in ${JSON.stringify(
+      resourcePath
+    )}')
+  }
+  `
+}
+
 const cacheHeader = {
   none: 'no-cache, no-store',
   longCache: 'public, immutable, no-transform, max-age=31536000',
@@ -78,6 +88,8 @@ import { resolveRouteData } from 'next/dist/build/webpack/loaders/metadata/resol
 const contentType = ${JSON.stringify(getContentType(resourcePath))}
 const fileType = ${JSON.stringify(getFilenameAndExtension(resourcePath).name)}
 
+${errorOnBadHandler(resourcePath)}
+
 export async function GET() {
   const data = await handler()
   const content = resolveRouteData(data, fileType)
@@ -103,6 +115,8 @@ const imageModule = { ...userland }
 const handler = imageModule.default
 const generateImageMetadata = imageModule.generateImageMetadata
 
+${errorOnBadHandler(resourcePath)}
+
 export async function GET(_, ctx) {
   const { __metadata_id__ = [], ...params } = ctx.params || {}
   const targetId = __metadata_id__[0]
@@ -160,6 +174,8 @@ const generateSitemaps = sitemapModule.generateSitemaps
 const contentType = ${JSON.stringify(getContentType(resourcePath))}
 const fileType = ${JSON.stringify(getFilenameAndExtension(resourcePath).name)}
 
+${errorOnBadHandler(resourcePath)}
+
 ${'' /* re-export the userland route configs */}
 export * from ${JSON.stringify(resourcePath)}
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/metadata-dynamic-routes/index.test.ts b/test/e2e/app-dir/metadata-dynamic-routes/index.test.ts
index 60c77d18241b3..188575f9ae6d0 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/metadata-dynamic-routes/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/metadata-dynamic-routes/index.test.ts
@@ -497,6 +497,33 @@ createNextDescribe(
           await next.fetch('/metadata-base/unset/sitemap.xml/0')
         }
       })
+
+      it('should error if the default export of dynamic image is missing', async () => {
+        const ogImageFilePath = 'app/opengraph-image.tsx'
+        const ogImageFileContent = await next.readFile(ogImageFilePath)
+        const ogImageFileContentWithoutDefaultExport =
+          ogImageFileContent.replace(
+            'export default function',
+            'export function'
+          )
+
+        try {
+          await next.patchFile(
+            ogImageFilePath,
+            ogImageFileContentWithoutDefaultExport
+          )
+          const currentNextCliOutputLength = next.cliOutput.length
+
+          await check(async () => {
+            await next.fetch('/opengraph-image')
+            const output = next.cliOutput.slice(currentNextCliOutputLength)
+            expect(output).toContain(`Default export is missing in`)
+            return 'success'
+          }, /success/)
+        } finally {
+          await next.patchFile(ogImageFilePath, ogImageFileContent)
+        }
+      })
     }
 
     if (isNextStart) {