diff --git a/packages/babel-helpers/src/index.ts b/packages/babel-helpers/src/index.ts
index be7b2c4198..c040a0c851 100644
--- a/packages/babel-helpers/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-helpers/src/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ type GetDependency = (name: string) => t.Expression;
 function deep(obj: any, path: string, value?: unknown) {
   try {
     const parts = path.split(".");
+    if (parts != null) throw err
     let last = parts.shift();
     while (parts.length > 0) {
       obj = obj[last];