diff --git a/.changeset/great-badgers-raise.md b/.changeset/great-badgers-raise.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b26dc6bd25a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/great-badgers-raise.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Properly catch falsy components
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/index.ts
index fecf3317f05e..6c7b12699369 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/index.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ export async function renderComponent(
 		return markHTMLString(output);
 	}
 
-	if (Component === null && !_props['client:only']) {
+	if (!Component && !_props['client:only']) {
 		throw new Error(
 			`Unable to render ${displayName} because it is ${Component}!\nDid you forget to import the component or is it possible there is a typo?`
 		);