diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTrackElement.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTrackElement.cpp
index 9b484d5c82b..1c27155b864 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTrackElement.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLTrackElement.cpp
@@ -180,6 +180,13 @@ void HTMLTrackElement::start_the_track_processing_model_parallel_steps(JS::Realm
 
     // 9. End the synchronous section, continuing the remaining steps in parallel.
 
+    auto fire_error_event = [&]() {
+        queue_an_element_task(Task::Source::DOMManipulation, [this, &realm]() {
+            m_track->set_readiness_state(TextTrack::ReadinessState::FailedToLoad);
+            dispatch_event(DOM::Event::create(realm, HTML::EventNames::error));
+        });
+    };
+
     // 10. If URL is not the empty string, then:
     if (!url.is_empty()) {
         // 1. Let request be the result of creating a potential-CORS request given URL, "track", and corsAttributeState,
@@ -193,17 +200,14 @@ void HTMLTrackElement::start_the_track_processing_model_parallel_steps(JS::Realm
         request->set_initiator_type(Fetch::Infrastructure::Request::InitiatorType::Track);
 
         Fetch::Infrastructure::FetchAlgorithms::Input fetch_algorithms_input {};
-        fetch_algorithms_input.process_response_consume_body = [this, &realm](auto response, auto body_bytes) {
+        fetch_algorithms_input.process_response_consume_body = [this, &realm, &fire_error_event](auto response, auto body_bytes) {
             m_loading = false;
 
             // If fetching fails for any reason (network error, the server returns an error code, CORS fails, etc.),
             // or if URL is the empty string, then queue an element task on the DOM manipulation task source given the media element
             // to first change the text track readiness state to failed to load and then fire an event named error at the track element.
             if (!response->url().has_value() || body_bytes.template has<Empty>() || body_bytes.template has<Fetch::Infrastructure::FetchAlgorithms::ConsumeBodyFailureTag>() || !Fetch::Infrastructure::is_ok_status(response->status()) || response->is_network_error()) {
-                queue_an_element_task(Task::Source::DOMManipulation, [this, &realm]() {
-                    m_track->set_readiness_state(TextTrack::ReadinessState::FailedToLoad);
-                    dispatch_event(DOM::Event::create(realm, HTML::EventNames::error));
-                });
+                fire_error_event();
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -232,6 +236,9 @@ void HTMLTrackElement::start_the_track_processing_model_parallel_steps(JS::Realm
         m_fetch_algorithms = Fetch::Infrastructure::FetchAlgorithms::create(vm(), move(fetch_algorithms_input));
         m_fetch_controller = MUST(Fetch::Fetching::fetch(realm, request, *m_fetch_algorithms));
         return;
+    } else {
+        fire_error_event();
+        return;
     }
 
     // 11. Wait until the text track readiness state is no longer set to loading.
diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/wpt-import/html/semantics/embedded-content/media-elements/track/track-element/src-empty-string.txt b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/wpt-import/html/semantics/embedded-content/media-elements/track/track-element/src-empty-string.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1d477a7f161
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/wpt-import/html/semantics/embedded-content/media-elements/track/track-element/src-empty-string.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Harness status: OK
+
+Found 1 tests
+
+1 Pass
+Pass	Setting HTMLTrackElement.src to the empty string fires 'error' and sets readyState to ERROR
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/wpt-import/html/semantics/embedded-content/media-elements/track/track-element/src-empty-string.html b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/wpt-import/html/semantics/embedded-content/media-elements/track/track-element/src-empty-string.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f85568b3d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/wpt-import/html/semantics/embedded-content/media-elements/track/track-element/src-empty-string.html
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<title>Setting HTMLTrackElement.src to the empty string fires 'error' and sets readyState to ERROR</title>
+<link rel="help" href="https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/media.html#sourcing-out-of-band-text-tracks">
+<script src="../../../../../../resources/testharness.js"></script>
+<script src="../../../../../../resources/testharnessreport.js"></script>
+<video></video>
+<script>
+async_test(t => {
+  let track = document.createElement("track");
+  track.src = '';
+  track.default = true;
+  track.onerror = t.step_func_done(() => {
+    assert_equals(track.readyState, HTMLTrackElement.ERROR);
+  });
+  track.onload = t.unreached_func('fired load');
+
+  assert_equals(track.readyState, HTMLTrackElement.NONE);
+
+  document.querySelector('video').appendChild(track);
+});
+</script>