diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/constants.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/constants.js
index 0ee27f4c70..34d0bf987f 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/constants.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/constants.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export const EFFECT_PRESERVED = 1 << 23; // effects with this flag should not be
 export const REACTION_IS_UPDATING = 1 << 24;
 export const EFFECT_ASYNC = 1 << 25;
 
-export const ASYNC_ERROR = 1;
+export const ERROR_VALUE = 1 << 26;
 
 export const STATE_SYMBOL = Symbol('$state');
 export const PROXY_PATH_SYMBOL = Symbol('proxy path');
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/error-handling.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/error-handling.js
index b88f99041b..b1df1a50b7 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/error-handling.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/error-handling.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { DEV } from 'esm-env';
 import { FILENAME } from '../../constants.js';
 import { is_firefox } from './dom/operations.js';
-import { ASYNC_ERROR, BOUNDARY_EFFECT, EFFECT_RAN } from './constants.js';
+import { ERROR_VALUE, BOUNDARY_EFFECT, EFFECT_RAN } from './constants.js';
 import { define_property, get_descriptor } from '../shared/utils.js';
 import { active_effect, active_reaction } from './runtime.js';
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export function handle_error(error) {
 
 	// for unowned deriveds, don't throw until we read the value
 	if (effect === null) {
-		/** @type {Derived} */ (active_reaction).f |= ASYNC_ERROR;
+		/** @type {Derived} */ (active_reaction).f |= ERROR_VALUE;
 		return error;
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/deriveds.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/deriveds.js
index a98ea1cff8..6a7a6bd240 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/deriveds.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/reactivity/deriveds.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 /** @import { Batch } from './batch.js'; */
 import { DEV } from 'esm-env';
 import {
-	ASYNC_ERROR,
+	ERROR_VALUE,
 	CLEAN,
 	DERIVED,
 	DESTROYED,
@@ -155,14 +155,14 @@ export function async_derived(fn, location) {
 
 			if (error) {
 				if (error !== STALE_REACTION) {
-					signal.f |= ASYNC_ERROR;
+					signal.f |= ERROR_VALUE;
 
 					// @ts-expect-error the error is the wrong type, but we don't care
 					internal_set(signal, error);
 				}
 			} else {
-				if ((signal.f & ASYNC_ERROR) !== 0) {
-					signal.f ^= ASYNC_ERROR;
+				if ((signal.f & ERROR_VALUE) !== 0) {
+					signal.f ^= ERROR_VALUE;
 				}
 
 				internal_set(signal, value);
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
index b1a59de3d6..894e2e25a1 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import {
 	EFFECT_ASYNC,
 	RENDER_EFFECT,
 	STALE_REACTION,
-	ASYNC_ERROR
+	ERROR_VALUE
 } from './constants.js';
 import { flush_tasks } from './dom/task.js';
 import { internal_set, old_values } from './reactivity/sources.js';
@@ -369,8 +369,8 @@ export function update_reaction(reaction) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ((reaction.f & ASYNC_ERROR) !== 0) {
-			reaction.f ^= ASYNC_ERROR;
+		if ((reaction.f & ERROR_VALUE) !== 0) {
+			reaction.f ^= ERROR_VALUE;
 		}
 
 		return result;
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ export function get(signal) {
 		return batch_deriveds.get(derived);
 	}
 
-	if ((signal.f & ASYNC_ERROR) !== 0) {
+	if ((signal.f & ERROR_VALUE) !== 0) {
 		throw signal.v;
 	}