diff --git a/autotest/ogr/ogr_sql_test.py b/autotest/ogr/ogr_sql_test.py
index 4702e824c63a..96838eb953d7 100755
--- a/autotest/ogr/ogr_sql_test.py
+++ b/autotest/ogr/ogr_sql_test.py
@@ -1863,3 +1863,19 @@ def test_ogr_sql_ilike_utf8():
 
     lyr.SetAttributeFilter("'éven' ILIKE '%xen'")
     assert lyr.GetFeatureCount() == 0
+
+
+###############################################################################
+# Test error on setting a spatial filter during ExecuteSQL
+
+
+@gdaltest.enable_exceptions()
+def test_ogr_sql_test_execute_sql_error_on_spatial_filter_mem_layer():
+
+    ds = ogr.GetDriverByName("Memory").CreateDataSource("")
+    ds.CreateLayer("test", geom_type=ogr.wkbNone)
+    geom = ogr.CreateGeometryFromWkt("POLYGON((0 0,0 1,1 1,1 0,0 0))")
+    with pytest.raises(
+        Exception, match="Cannot set spatial filter: no geometry field present in layer"
+    ):
+        ds.ExecuteSQL("SELECT 1 FROM test", spatialFilter=geom)
diff --git a/gcore/gdaldataset.cpp b/gcore/gdaldataset.cpp
index dcfe31e3faa0..49118992ed81 100644
--- a/gcore/gdaldataset.cpp
+++ b/gcore/gdaldataset.cpp
@@ -6972,15 +6972,19 @@ OGRLayer *GDALDataset::BuildLayerFromSelectInfo(
     swq_select *psSelectInfo, OGRGeometry *poSpatialFilter,
     const char *pszDialect, swq_select_parse_options *poSelectParseOptions)
 {
-    OGRGenSQLResultsLayer *poResults = nullptr;
+    std::unique_ptr<OGRGenSQLResultsLayer> poResults;
     GDALSQLParseInfo *psParseInfo =
         BuildParseInfo(psSelectInfo, poSelectParseOptions);
 
     if (psParseInfo)
     {
-        poResults =
-            new OGRGenSQLResultsLayer(this, psSelectInfo, poSpatialFilter,
-                                      psParseInfo->pszWHERE, pszDialect);
+        const auto nErrorCounter = CPLGetErrorCounter();
+        poResults = std::make_unique<OGRGenSQLResultsLayer>(
+            this, psSelectInfo, poSpatialFilter, psParseInfo->pszWHERE,
+            pszDialect);
+        if (CPLGetErrorCounter() > nErrorCounter &&
+            CPLGetLastErrorType() != CE_None)
+            poResults.reset();
     }
     else
     {
@@ -6988,7 +6992,7 @@ OGRLayer *GDALDataset::BuildLayerFromSelectInfo(
     }
     DestroyParseInfo(psParseInfo);
 
-    return poResults;
+    return poResults.release();
 }
 
 /************************************************************************/
diff --git a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/generic/ogrlayer.cpp b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/generic/ogrlayer.cpp
index ec865f3c6fdc..0e6c5460b92c 100644
--- a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/generic/ogrlayer.cpp
+++ b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/generic/ogrlayer.cpp
@@ -1487,6 +1487,9 @@ bool OGRLayer::ValidateGeometryFieldIndexForSetSpatialFilter(
 void OGRLayer::SetSpatialFilter(OGRGeometry *poGeomIn)
 
 {
+    if (poGeomIn && !ValidateGeometryFieldIndexForSetSpatialFilter(0, poGeomIn))
+        return;
+
     m_iGeomFieldFilter = 0;
     if (InstallFilter(poGeomIn))
         ResetReading();
@@ -1497,6 +1500,10 @@ void OGRLayer::SetSpatialFilter(int iGeomField, OGRGeometry *poGeomIn)
 {
     if (iGeomField == 0)
     {
+        if (poGeomIn &&
+            !ValidateGeometryFieldIndexForSetSpatialFilter(0, poGeomIn))
+            return;
+
         m_iGeomFieldFilter = iGeomField;
         SetSpatialFilter(poGeomIn);
     }