diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index c16542d..675053a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ const destroyCircular = ({
 		return toJSON(from);
 	}
 
+	const destroyLocal = value => destroyCircular({
+		from: value,
+		seen: [...seen],
+		// eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/error-message
+		to_: isErrorLike(value) ? new Error() : undefined,
+		forceEnumerable,
+		maxDepth,
+		depth,
+    useToJSON,
+	});
+
 	for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(from)) {
 		// eslint-disable-next-line node/prefer-global/buffer
 		if (typeof Buffer === 'function' && Buffer.isBuffer(value)) {
@@ -92,15 +103,8 @@ const destroyCircular = ({
 
 		if (!seen.includes(from[key])) {
 			depth++;
+			to[key] = destroyLocal(from[key]);
 
-			to[key] = destroyCircular({
-				from: from[key],
-				seen: [...seen],
-				forceEnumerable,
-				maxDepth,
-				depth,
-				useToJSON,
-			});
 			continue;
 		}
 
@@ -110,7 +114,7 @@ const destroyCircular = ({
 	for (const {property, enumerable} of commonProperties) {
 		if (typeof from[property] !== 'undefined' && from[property] !== null) {
 			Object.defineProperty(to, property, {
-				value: from[property],
+				value: isErrorLike(from[property]) ? destroyLocal(from[property]) : from[property],
 				enumerable: forceEnumerable ? true : enumerable,
 				configurable: true,
 				writable: true,
@@ -155,15 +159,14 @@ export function deserializeError(value, options = {}) {
 	}
 
 	if (typeof value === 'object' && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value)) {
-		const newError = new Error(); // eslint-disable-line unicorn/error-message
-		destroyCircular({
+		return destroyCircular({
 			from: value,
 			seen: [],
-			to_: newError,
+			// eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/error-message
+			to_: new Error(),
 			maxDepth,
 			depth: 0,
 		});
-		return newError;
 	}
 
 	return new NonError(value);
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 51ccad6..6268288 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -200,26 +200,30 @@ test('should deserialize plain object', t => {
 	t.is(deserialized.code, 'code');
 });
 
-test('should deserialize the cause property', t => {
-	const object = {
-		message: 'error message',
-		stack: 'at <anonymous>:1:13',
-		name: 'name',
-		code: 'code',
-		cause: {
-			message: 'source error message',
-			stack: 'at <anonymous>:3:14',
+for (const property of ['cause', 'any']) {
+	// `cause` is treated differently from other properties in the code
+	test(`should deserialize errors on ${property} property`, t => {
+		const object = {
+			message: 'error message',
+			stack: 'at <anonymous>:1:13',
 			name: 'name',
 			code: 'code',
-		},
-	};
-
-	const {cause} = deserializeError(object);
-	t.is(cause.message, 'source error message');
-	t.is(cause.stack, 'at <anonymous>:3:14');
-	t.is(cause.name, 'name');
-	t.is(cause.code, 'code');
-});
+			[property]: {
+				message: 'source error message',
+				stack: 'at <anonymous>:3:14',
+				name: 'name',
+				code: 'code',
+			},
+		};
+
+		const {[property]: nested} = deserializeError(object);
+		t.true(nested instanceof Error);
+		t.is(nested.message, 'source error message');
+		t.is(nested.stack, 'at <anonymous>:3:14');
+		t.is(nested.name, 'name');
+		t.is(nested.code, 'code');
+	});
+}
 
 test('deserialized name, stack, cause an message should not be enumerable, other props should be', t => {
 	const object = {