diff --git a/src/core/config/from_document.rs b/src/core/config/from_document.rs
index 50ee61153e..c6ebe4ae75 100644
--- a/src/core/config/from_document.rs
+++ b/src/core/config/from_document.rs
@@ -246,10 +246,10 @@ where
         .fuse(Cache::from_directives(directives.iter()))
         .fuse(to_fields(fields))
         .fuse(Protected::from_directives(directives.iter()))
-        .map(|(resolver, cache, fields, protected)| {
+        .fuse(to_add_fields_from_directives(directives))
+        .map(|(resolver, cache, fields, protected, added_fields)| {
             let doc = description.to_owned().map(|pos| pos.node);
             let implements = implements.iter().map(|pos| pos.node.to_string()).collect();
-            let added_fields = to_add_fields_from_directives(directives);
             config::Type {
                 fields,
                 added_fields,
@@ -410,19 +410,16 @@ fn to_enum(enum_type: EnumType, doc: Option<String>) -> Valid<Enum, String> {
 
 fn to_add_fields_from_directives(
     directives: &[Positioned<ConstDirective>],
-) -> Vec<config::AddField> {
-    directives
-        .iter()
-        .filter_map(|directive| {
-            if directive.node.name.node == config::AddField::directive_name() {
-                config::AddField::from_directive(&directive.node)
-                    .to_result()
-                    .ok()
-            } else {
-                None
-            }
-        })
-        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+) -> Valid<Vec<config::AddField>, String> {
+    Valid::from_iter(
+        directives
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|v| v.node.name.node == config::AddField::directive_name()),
+        |directive| {
+            let val = config::AddField::from_directive(&directive.node).to_result();
+            Valid::from(val)
+        },
+    )
 }
 
 trait HasName {
diff --git a/tests/core/snapshots/test-invalid-add-field.md_error.snap b/tests/core/snapshots/test-invalid-add-field.md_error.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89c8031f06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/core/snapshots/test-invalid-add-field.md_error.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+source: tests/core/spec.rs
+expression: errors
+---
+[
+  {
+    "message": "Parsing failed because of invalid type: string \"{{.value.user.username}}\", expected a sequence",
+    "trace": [
+      "PostUser",
+      "@addField",
+      "path"
+    ],
+    "description": null
+  }
+]
diff --git a/tests/execution/test-invalid-add-field.md b/tests/execution/test-invalid-add-field.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cba10bd145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/execution/test-invalid-add-field.md
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+error: true
+---
+
+# Test invalid add fields
+
+```graphql @config
+schema @server(port: 8000) @upstream(baseURL: "http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com") {
+  query: Query
+}
+
+type Query {
+  postuser: [PostUser] @http(path: "/posts")
+}
+
+type PostUser @addField(name: "username", path: "{{.value.user.username}}") {
+  id: Int! @modify(name: "postId")
+  title: String!
+  userId: Int!
+  user: User @http(baseURL: "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com", path: "/users/{{.value.userId}}")
+}
+
+type User {
+  id: Int!
+  name: String!
+  username: String!
+  email: String!
+  phone: String
+  website: String
+}
+```