diff --git a/docs/react/guides/suspense.md b/docs/react/guides/suspense.md
index dc97a308cc..045cccfab0 100644
--- a/docs/react/guides/suspense.md
+++ b/docs/react/guides/suspense.md
@@ -23,7 +23,32 @@ const { data } = useSuspenseQuery({ queryKey, queryFn })
 
 This works nicely in TypeScript, because `data` is guaranteed to be defined (as errors and loading states are handled by Suspense- and ErrorBoundaries).
 
-On the flip side, you therefore can't conditionally enable / disable the Query. `placeholderData` also doesn't exist for this Query. To prevent the UI from being replaced by a fallback during an update, wrap your updates that change the QueryKey into [startTransition](https://react.dev/reference/react/Suspense#preventing-unwanted-fallbacks).
+On the flip side, you therefore can't conditionally enable / disable the Query. This generally shouldn't be necessary for dependent Queries because with suspense, all your Queries inside one component are fetched in serial.
+
+`placeholderData` also doesn't exist for this Query. To prevent the UI from being replaced by a fallback during an update, wrap your updates that change the QueryKey into [startTransition](https://react.dev/reference/react/Suspense#preventing-unwanted-fallbacks).
+
+### throwOnError default
+
+Not all errors are thrown to the nearest Error Boundary per default - we're only throwing errors if there is no other data to show. That means if a Query ever successfully got data in the cache, the component will render, even if data is `stale`. Thus, the default for `throwOnError` is:
+
+```
+throwOnError: (error, query) => typeof query.state.data === 'undefined'
+```
+
+Since you can't change `throwOnError` (because it would allow for `data` to become potentially `undefined`), you have to throw errors manually if you want all errors to be handled by Error Boundaries:
+
+```tsx
+import { useSuspenseQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query'
+
+const { data, error } = useSuspenseQuery({ queryKey, queryFn })
+
+if (error) {
+    throw error
+}
+
+// continue rendering data
+
+```
 
 ## Resetting Error Boundaries
 
diff --git a/packages/react-query/src/__tests__/suspense.test.tsx b/packages/react-query/src/__tests__/suspense.test.tsx
index a0fd59de60..cc9d5b6055 100644
--- a/packages/react-query/src/__tests__/suspense.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-query/src/__tests__/suspense.test.tsx
@@ -624,6 +624,11 @@ describe('useSuspenseQuery', () => {
         },
         retry: false,
       })
+
+      if (result.error) {
+        throw result.error
+      }
+
       return (
         <div>
           <span>rendered</span> <span>{result.data}</span>
@@ -712,6 +717,68 @@ describe('useSuspenseQuery', () => {
     expect(renders).toBe(2)
     expect(rendered.queryByText('rendered')).not.toBeNull()
   })
+
+  it('should not throw background errors to the error boundary', async () => {
+    const consoleMock = vi
+      .spyOn(console, 'error')
+      .mockImplementation(() => undefined)
+    let succeed = true
+    const key = queryKey()
+
+    function Page() {
+      const result = useSuspenseQuery({
+        queryKey: key,
+        queryFn: async () => {
+          await sleep(10)
+          if (!succeed) {
+            throw new Error('Suspense Error Bingo')
+          } else {
+            return 'data'
+          }
+        },
+        retry: false,
+      })
+
+      return (
+        <div>
+          <span>
+            rendered {result.data} {result.status}
+          </span>
+          <button onClick={() => result.refetch()}>refetch</button>
+        </div>
+      )
+    }
+
+    function App() {
+      const { reset } = useQueryErrorResetBoundary()
+      return (
+        <ErrorBoundary
+          onReset={reset}
+          fallbackRender={() => <div>error boundary</div>}
+        >
+          <React.Suspense fallback="Loading...">
+            <Page />
+          </React.Suspense>
+        </ErrorBoundary>
+      )
+    }
+
+    const rendered = renderWithClient(queryClient, <App />)
+
+    // render suspense fallback (Loading...)
+    await waitFor(() => rendered.getByText('Loading...'))
+    // resolve promise -> render Page (rendered)
+    await waitFor(() => rendered.getByText('rendered data success'))
+
+    // change promise result to error
+    succeed = false
+    // refetch
+    fireEvent.click(rendered.getByRole('button', { name: 'refetch' }))
+    // we are now in error state but still have data to show
+    await waitFor(() => rendered.getByText('rendered data error'))
+
+    consoleMock.mockRestore()
+  })
 })
 
 describe('useSuspenseQueries', () => {
diff --git a/packages/react-query/src/suspense.ts b/packages/react-query/src/suspense.ts
index 60679a09ce..6fc01ea687 100644
--- a/packages/react-query/src/suspense.ts
+++ b/packages/react-query/src/suspense.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
+import type { DefaultError } from '@tanstack/query-core/src'
 import type {
   DefaultedQueryObserverOptions,
+  Query,
   QueryKey,
   QueryObserver,
   QueryObserverResult,
 } from '@tanstack/query-core'
 import type { QueryErrorResetBoundaryValue } from './QueryErrorResetBoundary'
 
+export const defaultThrowOnError = <
+  TQueryFnData = unknown,
+  TError = DefaultError,
+  TData = TQueryFnData,
+  TQueryKey extends QueryKey = QueryKey,
+>(
+  _error: TError,
+  query: Query<TQueryFnData, TError, TData, TQueryKey>,
+) => typeof query.state.data === 'undefined'
+
 export const ensureStaleTime = (
   defaultedOptions: DefaultedQueryObserverOptions<any, any, any, any, any>,
 ) => {
diff --git a/packages/react-query/src/useSuspenseQueries.ts b/packages/react-query/src/useSuspenseQueries.ts
index 6c940e17d1..8c201695b7 100644
--- a/packages/react-query/src/useSuspenseQueries.ts
+++ b/packages/react-query/src/useSuspenseQueries.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 'use client'
 import { useQueries } from './useQueries'
+import { defaultThrowOnError } from './suspense'
 import type { UseSuspenseQueryOptions, UseSuspenseQueryResult } from './types'
 import type {
   DefaultError,
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ export function useSuspenseQueries<
       queries: options.queries.map((query) => ({
         ...query,
         suspense: true,
-        throwOnError: true,
+        throwOnError: defaultThrowOnError,
         enabled: true,
       })),
     } as any,
diff --git a/packages/react-query/src/useSuspenseQuery.ts b/packages/react-query/src/useSuspenseQuery.ts
index 1b25892542..179f58392a 100644
--- a/packages/react-query/src/useSuspenseQuery.ts
+++ b/packages/react-query/src/useSuspenseQuery.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use client'
 import { QueryObserver } from '@tanstack/query-core'
 import { useBaseQuery } from './useBaseQuery'
+import { defaultThrowOnError } from './suspense'
 import type { UseSuspenseQueryOptions, UseSuspenseQueryResult } from './types'
 import type { DefaultError, QueryClient, QueryKey } from '@tanstack/query-core'
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ export function useSuspenseQuery<
       ...options,
       enabled: true,
       suspense: true,
-      throwOnError: true,
+      throwOnError: defaultThrowOnError,
     },
     QueryObserver,
     queryClient,