diff --git a/apps/openmw_test_suite/lua/test_lua.cpp b/apps/openmw_test_suite/lua/test_lua.cpp
index 90c987522d..a669a3c670 100644
--- a/apps/openmw_test_suite/lua/test_lua.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw_test_suite/lua/test_lua.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ return {
 }
 )X");
 
+    TestingOpenMW::VFSTestFile metaIndexErrorFile(
+        "return setmetatable({}, { __index = function(t, key) error('meta index error') end })");
+
     std::string genBigScript()
     {
         std::stringstream buf;
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ return {
     {
         std::unique_ptr<VFS::Manager> mVFS = TestingOpenMW::createTestVFS({ { "aaa/counter.lua", &counterFile },
             { "bbb/tests.lua", &testsFile }, { "invalid.lua", &invalidScriptFile }, { "big.lua", &bigScriptFile },
-            { "requireBig.lua", &requireBigScriptFile } });
+            { "requireBig.lua", &requireBigScriptFile }, { "metaIndexError.lua", &metaIndexErrorFile } });
 
         LuaUtil::ScriptsConfiguration mCfg;
         LuaUtil::LuaState mLua{ mVFS.get(), &mCfg };
@@ -223,4 +226,11 @@ return {
         // At this moment all instances of the script should be garbage-collected.
         EXPECT_LT(memWithoutScript, memWithScript);
     }
+
+    TEST_F(LuaStateTest, SafeIndexMetamethod)
+    {
+        sol::table t = mLua.runInNewSandbox("metaIndexError.lua");
+        // without safe get we crash here
+        EXPECT_ERROR(LuaUtil::safeGet(t, "any key"), "meta index error");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/components/lua/luastate.hpp b/components/lua/luastate.hpp
index f14fc44867..509b5e16e1 100644
--- a/components/lua/luastate.hpp
+++ b/components/lua/luastate.hpp
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ namespace LuaUtil
     // work around for a (likely) sol3 bug
     // when the index meta method throws, simply calling table.get crashes instead of re-throwing the error
     template <class Key>
-    sol::object safe_get(const sol::table& table, const Key& key)
+    sol::object safeGet(const sol::table& table, const Key& key)
     {
         auto index = table.traverse_raw_get<sol::optional<sol::main_protected_function>>(
             sol::metatable_key, sol::meta_function::index);
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ namespace LuaUtil
     {
         if (!table.is<sol::table>())
             return sol::nil;
-        sol::object value = safe_get(table.as<sol::table>(), first);
+        sol::object value = safeGet(table.as<sol::table>(), first);
         if constexpr (sizeof...(str) == 0)
             return value;
         else