diff --git a/scene/2d/collision_object_2d.cpp b/scene/2d/collision_object_2d.cpp
index fa926404bcd..56677828d44 100644
--- a/scene/2d/collision_object_2d.cpp
+++ b/scene/2d/collision_object_2d.cpp
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ void CollisionObject2D::shape_owner_clear_shapes(uint32_t p_owner) {
 }
 
 uint32_t CollisionObject2D::shape_find_owner(int p_shape_index) const {
-	ERR_FAIL_INDEX_V(p_shape_index, total_subshapes, 0);
+	ERR_FAIL_INDEX_V(p_shape_index, total_subshapes, UINT32_MAX);
 
 	for (const Map<uint32_t, ShapeData>::Element *E = shapes.front(); E; E = E->next()) {
 		for (int i = 0; i < E->get().shapes.size(); i++) {
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ uint32_t CollisionObject2D::shape_find_owner(int p_shape_index) const {
 	}
 
 	//in theory it should be unreachable
-	return 0;
+	ERR_FAIL_V_MSG(UINT32_MAX, "Can't find owner for shape index " + itos(p_shape_index) + ".");
 }
 
 void CollisionObject2D::set_pickable(bool p_enabled) {
diff --git a/scene/3d/collision_object.cpp b/scene/3d/collision_object.cpp
index 78b3f1b072f..6e7a559b1ab 100644
--- a/scene/3d/collision_object.cpp
+++ b/scene/3d/collision_object.cpp
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ void CollisionObject::shape_owner_clear_shapes(uint32_t p_owner) {
 }
 
 uint32_t CollisionObject::shape_find_owner(int p_shape_index) const {
-	ERR_FAIL_INDEX_V(p_shape_index, total_subshapes, 0);
+	ERR_FAIL_INDEX_V(p_shape_index, total_subshapes, UINT32_MAX);
 
 	for (const Map<uint32_t, ShapeData>::Element *E = shapes.front(); E; E = E->next()) {
 		for (int i = 0; i < E->get().shapes.size(); i++) {
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ uint32_t CollisionObject::shape_find_owner(int p_shape_index) const {
 	}
 
 	//in theory it should be unreachable
-	return 0;
+	ERR_FAIL_V_MSG(UINT32_MAX, "Can't find owner for shape index " + itos(p_shape_index) + ".");
 }
 
 CollisionObject::CollisionObject(RID p_rid, bool p_area) {