diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 40e6ac725c..0828f7957f 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 * Fixed bug where discrete scales could not map aesthetics only consisting of
   `NA`s (#5623)
+* Facet evaluation is better at dealing with inherited errors 
+  (@teunbrand, #5670).
 
 # ggplot2 3.5.0
 
diff --git a/R/facet-.R b/R/facet-.R
index c2d7dc8df7..7c6c749cab 100644
--- a/R/facet-.R
+++ b/R/facet-.R
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ eval_facet <- function(facet, data, possible_columns = NULL) {
   mask <- new_data_mask(env)
   mask$.data <- as_data_pronoun(mask)
 
-  tryCatch(
+  try_fetch(
     eval_tidy(facet, mask),
     ggplot2_missing_facet_var = function(e) NULL
   )