diff --git a/cli/program_state.rs b/cli/program_state.rs
index 03ad526178..684d33a8e6 100644
--- a/cli/program_state.rs
+++ b/cli/program_state.rs
@@ -296,12 +296,8 @@ impl SourceMapGetter for ProgramState {
   fn get_source_map(&self, file_name: &str) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
     if let Ok(specifier) = ModuleSpecifier::resolve_url(file_name) {
       if let Some((code, maybe_map)) = self.get_emit(&specifier.as_url()) {
-        if maybe_map.is_some() {
-          maybe_map
-        } else {
-          let code = String::from_utf8(code).unwrap();
-          source_map_from_code(code)
-        }
+        let code = String::from_utf8(code).unwrap();
+        source_map_from_code(code).or(maybe_map)
       } else if let Ok(source) = self.load(specifier, None) {
         source_map_from_code(source.code)
       } else {
diff --git a/cli/tests/083_legacy_external_source_map.ts b/cli/tests/083_legacy_external_source_map.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73d267b87b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/083_legacy_external_source_map.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// -
+throw new Error("foo");
diff --git a/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs b/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs
index c79988412d..db09aa421c 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -2656,6 +2656,35 @@ console.log("finish");
     exit_code: 1,
   });
 
+  #[test]
+  fn _083_legacy_external_source_map() {
+    let _g = util::http_server();
+    let deno_dir = TempDir::new().expect("tempdir fail");
+    let module_url = url::Url::parse(
+      "http://localhost:4545/cli/tests/083_legacy_external_source_map.ts",
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    // Write a faulty old external source map.
+    let faulty_map_path = deno_dir.path().join("gen/http/localhost_PORT4545/9576bd5febd0587c5c4d88d57cb3ac8ebf2600c529142abe3baa9a751d20c334.js.map");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(faulty_map_path.parent().unwrap())
+      .expect("Failed to create faulty source map dir.");
+    std::fs::write(faulty_map_path, "{\"version\":3,\"file\":\"\",\"sourceRoot\":\"\",\"sources\":[\"http://localhost:4545/cli/tests/083_legacy_external_source_map.ts\"],\"names\":[],\"mappings\":\";AAAA,MAAM,IAAI,KAAK,CAAC,KAAK,CAAC,CAAC\"}").expect("Failed to write faulty source map.");
+    let output = Command::new(util::deno_exe_path())
+      .env("DENO_DIR", deno_dir.path())
+      .current_dir(util::root_path())
+      .arg("run")
+      .arg(module_url.to_string())
+      .output()
+      .expect("Failed to spawn script");
+    // Before https://github.com/denoland/deno/issues/6965 was fixed, the faulty
+    // old external source map would cause a panic while formatting the error
+    // and the exit code would be 101. The external source map should be ignored
+    // in favor of the inline one.
+    assert_eq!(output.status.code(), Some(1));
+    let out = std::str::from_utf8(&output.stdout).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(out, "");
+  }
+
   itest!(js_import_detect {
     args: "run --quiet --reload js_import_detect.ts",
     output: "js_import_detect.ts.out",