diff --git a/packages/macro/src/macroJs.ts b/packages/macro/src/macroJs.ts
index 7b1e8d1ef..2b4eae976 100644
--- a/packages/macro/src/macroJs.ts
+++ b/packages/macro/src/macroJs.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export default class MacroJs {
       // t(i18nInstance)`Message` -> i18nInstance._(messageDescriptor)
       if (
         tag.isCallExpression() &&
-        tag.get("arguments")[0].isExpression() &&
+        tag.get("arguments")[0]?.isExpression() &&
         this.isLinguiIdentifier(tag.get("callee"), JsMacroName.t)
       ) {
         // Use the first argument as i18n instance instead of the default i18n instance
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export default class MacroJs {
 
       if (
         callee.isCallExpression() &&
-        callee.get("arguments")[0].isExpression() &&
+        callee.get("arguments")[0]?.isExpression() &&
         this.isLinguiIdentifier(callee.get("callee"), JsMacroName.t)
       ) {
         const i18nInstance = callee.node.arguments[0] as Expression
diff --git a/packages/macro/src/plugin.ts b/packages/macro/src/plugin.ts
index 04a91c6be..4bda43dc1 100644
--- a/packages/macro/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/macro/src/plugin.ts
@@ -29,12 +29,16 @@ function getConfig(_config?: LinguiConfigNormalized) {
 }
 
 function reportUnsupportedSyntax(path: NodePath, e: Error) {
-  throw path.buildCodeFrameError(
+  const codeFrameError = path.buildCodeFrameError(
     `Unsupported macro usage. Please check the examples at https://lingui.dev/ref/macro#examples-of-js-macros.
  If you think this is a bug, fill in an issue at https://github.com/lingui/js-lingui/issues
 
  Error: ${e.message}`
   )
+
+  // show stack trace where error originally happened
+  codeFrameError.stack = e.stack
+  throw codeFrameError
 }
 
 type LinguiSymbol = "Trans" | "useLingui" | "i18n"
diff --git a/packages/macro/test/js-useLingui.ts b/packages/macro/test/js-useLingui.ts
index 08044fab7..d8daa7f17 100644
--- a/packages/macro/test/js-useLingui.ts
+++ b/packages/macro/test/js-useLingui.ts
@@ -300,6 +300,19 @@ function MyComponent() {
     }
   );
 }
+`,
+  },
+  {
+    name: "should not break on function currying",
+    input: `
+  import { useLingui } from '@lingui/macro';
+
+  const result = curryingFoo()()
+  console.log('curryingFoo', result)
+    `,
+    expected: `
+  const result = curryingFoo()()
+  console.log('curryingFoo', result)
 `,
   },
   {