diff --git a/.changeset/few-paths-relate.md b/.changeset/few-paths-relate.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..31ccfee4ac49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/few-paths-relate.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': patch
+---
+
+fix: use correct relative asset paths when rendering an error page for a missing `__data.json` request
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/app/paths/server.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/app/paths/server.js
index 123fe494525d..38ff6895f17c 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/app/paths/server.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/app/paths/server.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { base, assets, relative, initial_base } from './internal/server.js';
 import { resolve_route, find_route } from '../../../utils/routing.js';
 import { decode_pathname } from '../../../utils/url.js';
+import { add_data_suffix } from '../../pathname.js';
 import { try_get_request_store } from '@sveltejs/kit/internal/server';
 import { manifest } from '__sveltekit/server';
 import { get_hooks } from '__SERVER__/internal.js';
@@ -26,7 +27,12 @@ export function resolve(id, params) {
 		const store = try_get_request_store();
 
 		if (store && !store.state.prerendering?.fallback) {
-			const after_base = store.event.url.pathname.slice(initial_base.length);
+			// the relative path depth must reflect the URL the browser is actually at, which
+			// for a data request includes the `__data.json` suffix that was stripped during routing
+			const pathname = store.event.isDataRequest
+				? add_data_suffix(store.event.url.pathname)
+				: store.event.url.pathname;
+			const after_base = pathname.slice(initial_base.length);
 			const segments = after_base.split('/').slice(2);
 			const prefix = segments.map(() => '..').join('/') || '.';
 
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js
index 8b3a521977eb..0e58b63dcdb7 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { public_env } from '../../shared-server.js';
 import { SVELTE_KIT_ASSETS } from '../../../constants.js';
 import { SCHEME } from '../../../utils/url.js';
 import { create_server_routing_response, generate_route_object } from './server_routing.js';
-import { add_resolution_suffix } from '../../pathname.js';
+import { add_data_suffix, add_resolution_suffix } from '../../pathname.js';
 import { try_get_request_store, with_request_store } from '@sveltejs/kit/internal/server';
 import { text_encoder } from '../../utils.js';
 import { count_non_ssi_comments, get_global_name, handle_error_and_jsonify } from '../utils.js';
@@ -114,7 +114,12 @@ export async function render_response({
 	// if appropriate, use relative paths for greater portability
 	if (paths.relative) {
 		if (!state.prerendering?.fallback) {
-			const segments = event.url.pathname.slice(paths.base.length).split('/').slice(2);
+			// the relative path depth must reflect the URL the browser is actually at, which
+			// for a data request includes the `__data.json` suffix that was stripped during routing
+			const pathname = event.isDataRequest
+				? add_data_suffix(event.url.pathname)
+				: event.url.pathname;
+			const segments = pathname.slice(paths.base.length).split('/').slice(2);
 
 			base = segments.map(() => '..').join('/') || '.';
 
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/options-2/src/routes/+error.svelte b/packages/kit/test/apps/options-2/src/routes/+error.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c8320ab59160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kit/test/apps/options-2/src/routes/+error.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<script>
+	import { page } from '$app/state';
+	import { resolve, asset } from '$app/paths';
+</script>
+
+<h1 data-testid="error-status">{page.status}</h1>
+
+<p data-testid="base">base: {resolve('/')}</p>
+<p data-testid="assets">assets: {asset('/')}</p>
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/options-2/test/test.js b/packages/kit/test/apps/options-2/test/test.js
index 2c4541354be4..51b01c1caa30 100644
--- a/packages/kit/test/apps/options-2/test/test.js
+++ b/packages/kit/test/apps/options-2/test/test.js
@@ -39,6 +39,34 @@ test.describe('paths', () => {
 		expect(await page.textContent('[data-testid="assets"]')).toBe(`assets: ${base}`);
 	});
 
+	test('uses correct relative paths when rendering an error page for a missing __data.json', async ({
+		request
+	}) => {
+		// a non-existent page requested with the data suffix renders the error page. Its relative
+		// paths must be resolved against the requested URL (including the `__data.json` suffix),
+		// otherwise they end up one directory too shallow and fail to load the app's assets
+		const path = '/basepath/this/does/not/exist/__data.json';
+		const response = await request.get(path);
+		expect(response.status()).toBe(404);
+
+		const html = await response.text();
+
+		// `resolve('/')` and `asset('/')` (from `$app/paths`)
+		const relative_base = /base: ((?:\.\.\/)+)</.exec(html)?.[1];
+		const relative_assets = /assets: ((?:\.\.\/)+)</.exec(html)?.[1];
+		// the base path expression embedded in the bootstrap script
+		const base_expression = /new URL\("((?:\.\.\/?)+)", location\)/.exec(html)?.[1];
+
+		expect(relative_base).toBeTruthy();
+		expect(relative_assets).toBeTruthy();
+		expect(base_expression).toBeTruthy();
+
+		const base_url = `http://localhost${path}`;
+		expect(new URL(/** @type {string} */ (relative_base), base_url).pathname).toBe('/basepath/');
+		expect(new URL(/** @type {string} */ (relative_assets), base_url).pathname).toBe('/basepath/');
+		expect(new URL(/** @type {string} */ (base_expression), base_url).pathname).toBe('/basepath/');
+	});
+
 	test('serves /basepath with trailing slash always', async ({ page }) => {
 		await page.goto('/basepath');
 		expect(new URL(page.url()).pathname).toBe('/basepath/');