diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/debugger/debugger.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/debugger/debugger.cs
index 68b6d1a296..bdad4960ac 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/debugger/debugger.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/debugger/debugger.cs
@@ -1536,7 +1536,16 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
 
         internal void OnSequencePointHit(FunctionContext functionContext)
         {
-            if (_context.ShouldTraceStatement && !_callStack.Last().IsFrameHidden && !functionContext._debuggerStepThrough)
+            // TraceLine uses ColumnNumber and expects it to be 1 based. For
+            // extents added by the engine and not user code the value can be
+            // set to 0 causing an exception. This skips those types of extents
+            // as tracing them wouldn't be useful for the end user anyway.
+            if (_context.ShouldTraceStatement &&
+                !_callStack.Last().IsFrameHidden &&
+                !functionContext._debuggerStepThrough &&
+                functionContext.CurrentPosition is not EmptyScriptExtent &&
+                (functionContext.CurrentPosition is InternalScriptExtent ||
+                   functionContext.CurrentPosition.StartColumnNumber > 0))
             {
                 TraceLine(functionContext.CurrentPosition);
             }
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/Set-PSDebug.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/Set-PSDebug.Tests.ps1
index 1bf610dd1f..297e494d4d 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/Set-PSDebug.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/Set-PSDebug.Tests.ps1
@@ -15,5 +15,16 @@ Describe "Set-PSDebug" -Tags "CI" {
         It "Should be able to set strict" {
             { Set-PSDebug -Strict } | Should -Not -Throw
         }
+        
+        It "Should skip magic extents created by pwsh" {
+            class ClassWithDefaultCtor {
+                MyMethod() { }
+            }
+            
+            { 
+                Set-PSDebug -Trace 1
+                [ClassWithDefaultCtor]::new()
+            } | Should -Not -Throw
+        }
     }
 }