diff --git a/src/js_parser.zig b/src/js_parser.zig
index 2e01434404..a948bc39d1 100644
--- a/src/js_parser.zig
+++ b/src/js_parser.zig
@@ -530,7 +530,8 @@ const JSXTag = struct {
     };
     data: Data,
     range: logger.Range,
-    name: string = "",
+    /// Empty string for fragments.
+    name: string,
 
     pub fn parse(comptime P: type, p: *P) anyerror!JSXTag {
         const loc = p.lexer.loc();
@@ -559,6 +560,7 @@ const JSXTag = struct {
                     .data = name,
                 }, loc) },
                 .range = tag_range,
+                .name = name,
             };
         }
 
@@ -15778,7 +15780,7 @@ fn NewParser_(
                         const end_tag = try JSXTag.parse(P, p);
 
                         if (!strings.eql(end_tag.name, tag.name)) {
-                            try p.log.addRangeErrorFmt(p.source, end_tag.range, p.allocator, "Expected closing tag \\</{s}> to match opening tag \\<{s}>", .{
+                            try p.log.addRangeErrorFmt(p.source, end_tag.range, p.allocator, "Expected closing tag \\</{s}\\> to match opening tag \\<{s}\\>", .{
                                 end_tag.name,
                                 tag.name,
                             });
diff --git a/test/regression/issue/14477/14477.test.ts b/test/regression/issue/14477/14477.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6dccc08d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/issue/14477/14477.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { bunEnv, bunExe } from "harness";
+import { join } from "path";
+import fs from "fs";
+
+test("JSXElement with mismatched closing tags produces a syntax error", async () => {
+  const files = await fs.promises.readdir(import.meta.dir);
+  const fixtures = files.filter(file => !file.endsWith(".test.ts")).map(fixture => join(import.meta.dir, fixture));
+
+  const bakery = fixtures.map(
+    fixture =>
+      Bun.spawn({
+        cmd: [bunExe(), fixture],
+        cwd: import.meta.dir,
+        stdio: ["inherit", "inherit", "inherit"],
+        env: bunEnv,
+      }).exited,
+  );
+
+  // all subprocesses should fail.
+  const exited = await Promise.all(bakery);
+  expect(exited).toEqual(Array.from({ length: fixtures.length }, () => 1));
+});
diff --git a/test/regression/issue/14477/builtin-mismatch.tsx b/test/regression/issue/14477/builtin-mismatch.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e099b5356
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/issue/14477/builtin-mismatch.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log(<div></p>);
diff --git a/test/regression/issue/14477/component-mismatch.tsx b/test/regression/issue/14477/component-mismatch.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82fd908832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/issue/14477/component-mismatch.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+console.log(<Foo></Bar>);
diff --git a/test/regression/issue/14477/non-identifier-mismatch.tsx b/test/regression/issue/14477/non-identifier-mismatch.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3f474fe22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/issue/14477/non-identifier-mismatch.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// mismatch where openening tag is not a valid IdentifierName, but is a valid
+// JSXIdentifierName
+console.log(<div-:button></p>);