diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
index a54aef5587..e8642b6e04 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-## NEXT
+## 2.4.7
 
 * Updates minimum supported SDK version to Flutter 3.3/Dart 2.18.
+* Adds iOS exception on incorrect asset path
 
 ## 2.4.6
 
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/ios/Classes/FLTVideoPlayerPlugin.m b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/ios/Classes/FLTVideoPlayerPlugin.m
index ccece11276..ba45d4d3ea 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/ios/Classes/FLTVideoPlayerPlugin.m
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/ios/Classes/FLTVideoPlayerPlugin.m
@@ -620,10 +620,15 @@ NS_INLINE UIViewController *rootViewController(void) {
     } else {
       assetPath = [_registrar lookupKeyForAsset:input.asset];
     }
-    player = [[FLTVideoPlayer alloc] initWithAsset:assetPath
-                                      frameUpdater:frameUpdater
-                                     playerFactory:_playerFactory];
-    return [self onPlayerSetup:player frameUpdater:frameUpdater];
+    @try {
+      player = [[FLTVideoPlayer alloc] initWithAsset:assetPath
+                                        frameUpdater:frameUpdater
+                                       playerFactory:_playerFactory];
+      return [self onPlayerSetup:player frameUpdater:frameUpdater];
+    } @catch (NSException *exception) {
+      *error = [FlutterError errorWithCode:@"video_player" message:exception.reason details:nil];
+      return nil;
+    }
   } else if (input.uri) {
     player = [[FLTVideoPlayer alloc] initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:input.uri]
                                     frameUpdater:frameUpdater
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml
index 093f5ebbb5..a0c2f4ebae 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/pubspec.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: video_player_avfoundation
 description: iOS implementation of the video_player plugin.
 repository: https://github.com/flutter/packages/tree/main/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation
 issue_tracker: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22p%3A+video_player%22
-version: 2.4.6
+version: 2.4.7
 
 environment:
   sdk: ">=2.18.0 <4.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/test/avfoundation_video_player_test.dart b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/test/avfoundation_video_player_test.dart
index 1b25da8bba..671256ae07 100644
--- a/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/test/avfoundation_video_player_test.dart
+++ b/packages/video_player/video_player_avfoundation/test/avfoundation_video_player_test.dart
@@ -135,6 +135,18 @@ void main() {
       expect(textureId, 3);
     });
 
+    test('create with incorrect asset throws exception', () async {
+      try {
+        await player.create(DataSource(
+          sourceType: DataSourceType.asset,
+          asset: '/path/to/incorrect_asset',
+        ));
+        fail('should throw PlatformException');
+      } catch (e) {
+        expect(e, isException);
+      }
+    });
+
     test('create with network', () async {
       final int? textureId = await player.create(DataSource(
         sourceType: DataSourceType.network,