diff --git a/packages/react-client/src/__tests__/ReactFlight-test.js b/packages/react-client/src/__tests__/ReactFlight-test.js
index bd2d98736addd..61f80e20553f1 100644
--- a/packages/react-client/src/__tests__/ReactFlight-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-client/src/__tests__/ReactFlight-test.js
@@ -690,14 +690,22 @@ describe('ReactFlight', () => {
 
     const transport = ReactNoopFlightServer.render(<ServerComponent />);
 
-    await act(async () => {
-      const rootModel = await ReactNoopFlightClient.read(transport);
-      ReactNoop.render(rootModel);
-    });
-    expect(ReactNoop).toMatchRenderedOutput('Loading...');
-    spyOnDevAndProd(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
     await load();
-    expect(console.error).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    await expect(async () => {
+      await act(async () => {
+        const rootModel = await ReactNoopFlightClient.read(transport);
+        ReactNoop.render(rootModel);
+      });
+    }).rejects.toThrow(
+      __DEV__
+        ? 'Element type is invalid: expected a string (for built-in components) or a class/function ' +
+            '(for composite components) but got: <div />. ' +
+            'Did you accidentally export a JSX literal instead of a component?'
+        : 'Element type is invalid: expected a string (for built-in components) or a class/function ' +
+            '(for composite components) but got: object.',
+    );
+    expect(ReactNoop).toMatchRenderedOutput(null);
   });
 
   it('can render a lazy element', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/react-server/src/ReactFlightServer.js b/packages/react-server/src/ReactFlightServer.js
index 40a32948e1951..074114d62c4fb 100644
--- a/packages/react-server/src/ReactFlightServer.js
+++ b/packages/react-server/src/ReactFlightServer.js
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ import {
 } from 'shared/ReactSymbols';
 
 import {
-  describeValueForErrorMessage,
   describeObjectForErrorMessage,
   isSimpleObject,
   jsxPropsParents,
@@ -1591,6 +1590,14 @@ function renderElement(
           validated,
         );
       }
+      case REACT_ELEMENT_TYPE: {
+        // This is invalid but we'll let the client determine that it is.
+        if (__DEV__) {
+          // Disable the key warning that would happen otherwise because this
+          // element gets serialized inside an array. We'll error later anyway.
+          type._store.validated = 1;
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
   // For anything else, try it on the client instead.