diff --git a/packages/hawtio/src/plugins/shared/jolokia-service.test.ts b/packages/hawtio/src/plugins/shared/jolokia-service.test.ts
index 3d1769b41..1de79e42c 100644
--- a/packages/hawtio/src/plugins/shared/jolokia-service.test.ts
+++ b/packages/hawtio/src/plugins/shared/jolokia-service.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { userService } from '@hawtiosrc/auth'
 import Jolokia, { ListRequestOptions } from 'jolokia.js'
 import { DEFAULT_MAX_COLLECTION_SIZE, DEFAULT_MAX_DEPTH, JolokiaListMethod, jolokiaService } from './jolokia-service'
 import { hawtio } from '@hawtiosrc/core'
-
+// import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
 describe('JolokiaService', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     jest.resetModules()
@@ -94,4 +94,25 @@ describe('JolokiaService', () => {
     expect(options.maxDepth).toEqual(3)
     expect(options.maxCollectionSize).toEqual(10000)
   })
+
+  test('problematic JSON response from case hawtio/hawtio#3401', async () => {
+    // const content = await readFile("/data/sources/_testing/grgr-test-many-mbeans/src/test/resources/responses/004-formatted.json").then(v => v.toString())
+    // jolokiaService.unwindListResponse(JSON.parse(content).value)
+    const response = {
+      value: {
+        'java.util.logging': {
+          'type=Logging': {
+            class: 'sun.management.ManagementFactoryHelper$PlatformLoggingImpl',
+            desc: 'Information on the management interface of the MBean',
+          },
+        },
+        'my-domain-with-vanishing-mbeans': {
+          'type=Bean1': {
+            error: 'javax.management.InstanceNotFoundException: Bean1',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    }
+    jolokiaService.unwindListResponse(response.value)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/hawtio/src/plugins/shared/jolokia-service.ts b/packages/hawtio/src/plugins/shared/jolokia-service.ts
index 953256fa6..23737c0d7 100644
--- a/packages/hawtio/src/plugins/shared/jolokia-service.ts
+++ b/packages/hawtio/src/plugins/shared/jolokia-service.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import $ from 'jquery'
 import { define, func, is, object, optional, record, string, type } from 'superstruct'
 import { PARAM_KEY_CONNECTION, PARAM_KEY_REDIRECT, connectService } from '../shared/connect-service'
 import { log } from './globals'
-import { OptimisedJmxDomain, OptimisedJmxDomains, OptimisedMBeanInfo } from './tree'
+import { ErrorMBeanInfo, OptimisedJmxDomain, OptimisedJmxDomains, OptimisedMBeanInfo } from './tree'
 
 export const DEFAULT_MAX_DEPTH = 7
 export const DEFAULT_MAX_COLLECTION_SIZE = 50000
@@ -540,9 +540,12 @@ class JolokiaService implements IJolokiaService {
    * @param response response value from Jolokia LIST
    * @param path optional path information to restore the response to {@link OptimisedJmxDomains}
    */
-  private unwindListResponse(response: unknown, path?: string[]): OptimisedJmxDomains {
+  unwindListResponse(response: unknown, path?: string[]): OptimisedJmxDomains {
     const isOptimisedListResponse = (value: unknown): value is OptimisedListResponse =>
       is(value, object({ cache: object(), domains: object() }))
+    const isMBeanInfoOrError = (value: unknown): boolean => {
+      return isMBeanInfo(value) || isMBeanInfoError(value)
+    }
     const isMBeanInfo = (value: unknown): value is OptimisedMBeanInfo =>
       is(
         value,
@@ -554,8 +557,9 @@ class JolokiaService implements IJolokiaService {
           notif: optional(record(string(), object())),
         }),
       )
+    const isMBeanInfoError = (value: unknown): value is ErrorMBeanInfo => is(value, type({ error: string() }))
     const isJmxDomain = (value: unknown): value is OptimisedJmxDomain =>
-      is(value, record(string(), define('MBeanInfo', isMBeanInfo)))
+      is(value, record(string(), define('MBeanInfo', isMBeanInfoOrError)))
     const isJmxDomains = (value: unknown): value is OptimisedJmxDomains =>
       is(value, record(string(), define('JmxDomain', isJmxDomain)))
 
diff --git a/packages/hawtio/src/plugins/shared/tree/node.ts b/packages/hawtio/src/plugins/shared/tree/node.ts
index ab41a0b0e..2e4e0a7a7 100644
--- a/packages/hawtio/src/plugins/shared/tree/node.ts
+++ b/packages/hawtio/src/plugins/shared/tree/node.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ export interface OptimisedMBeanInfo extends Omit<MBeanInfo, 'attr' | 'op'> {
   canInvoke?: boolean
 }
 
+export interface ErrorMBeanInfo {
+  error: string
+}
+
 export interface OptimisedMBeanAttribute extends MBeanAttribute {
   canInvoke?: boolean
 }