diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/vm.ts b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/vm.ts
index d378ba68ad77..e5ee30e32ff0 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/vm.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/vm.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ export async function run(ctx: WorkerContext) {
 
   process.env.VITEST_WORKER_ID = String(ctx.workerId)
   process.env.VITEST_POOL_ID = String(poolId)
+  process.env.VITEST_VM_POOL = '1'
 
   if (!vm.getVmContext)
     throw new TypeError(`Environment ${ctx.environment.name} doesn't provide "getVmContext" method. It should return a context created by "vm.createContext" method.`)
diff --git a/test/web-worker/test/init.test.ts b/test/web-worker/test/init.test.ts
index 27f7434e5167..8b75947feb26 100644
--- a/test/web-worker/test/init.test.ts
+++ b/test/web-worker/test/init.test.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ it('worker with invalid url throws an error', async () => {
     }
   })
   expect(event).toBeInstanceOf(ErrorEvent)
-  expect(event.error).toBeInstanceOf(Error)
+  // Error is in different context when running in VM. This is consistent with jest.
+  if (!import.meta.env.VITEST_VM_POOL)
+    expect(event.error).toBeInstanceOf(Error)
   expect(event.error.message).toContain('Failed to load')
 })
 
diff --git a/test/web-worker/test/sharedWorker.spec.ts b/test/web-worker/test/sharedWorker.spec.ts
index 792289f478b0..c245d4b5976c 100644
--- a/test/web-worker/test/sharedWorker.spec.ts
+++ b/test/web-worker/test/sharedWorker.spec.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ it('throws an error on invalid path', async () => {
     }
   })
   expect(event).toBeInstanceOf(ErrorEvent)
-  expect(event.error).toBeInstanceOf(Error)
+  // Error is in different context when running in VM. This is consistent with jest.
+  if (!import.meta.env.VITEST_VM_POOL)
+    expect(event.error).toBeInstanceOf(Error)
   expect(event.error.message).toContain('Failed to load')
 })