diff --git a/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_image.dart b/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_image.dart
index 71fe06a54..08674aa44 100644
--- a/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_image.dart
+++ b/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_image.dart
@@ -157,6 +157,18 @@ class TileImage extends ChangeNotifier {
   }
 
   void _onImageLoadSuccess(ImageInfo imageInfo, bool synchronousCall) {
+    if (imageInfo.image.width == 1 && imageInfo.image.height == 1) {
+      // TileProvider.transparentImage. Evicted so the next tile at these
+      // coordinates refetches instead of hitting it in the URL-keyed cache.
+      try {
+        unawaited(imageProvider.evict().catchError((Object _) => false));
+      } catch (_) {
+        // As in `dispose`, `evict` can also throw synchronously.
+      }
+      _onImageLoadError(const TileLoadAbandonedException(), null);
+      return;
+    }
+
     loadError = false;
     this.imageInfo = imageInfo;
 
@@ -176,15 +188,17 @@ class TileImage extends ChangeNotifier {
     }
   }
 
-  // Initiates fading in and marks this TileImage as readyToDisplay when fading
-  // finishes. If fading is disabled or a loading error occurred this TileImage
-  // becomes readyToDisplay immediately.
+  // Called once loading has settled, successfully or not. Initiates fading in
+  // and marks this TileImage as readyToDisplay when fading finishes; immediate
+  // if fading is disabled, or if loading failed and there is an errorImage to
+  // paint instead. A failure with nothing to paint never becomes
+  // readyToDisplay.
   void _display() {
     final previouslyLoaded = loadFinishedAt != null;
     loadFinishedAt = DateTime.now();
 
     if (loadError) {
-      _readyToDisplay = true;
+      _readyToDisplay = errorImage != null;
       if (!_disposed) notifyListeners();
       return;
     }
@@ -258,3 +272,16 @@ class TileImage extends ChangeNotifier {
     return 'TileImage($coordinates, readyToDisplay: $_readyToDisplay)';
   }
 }
+
+/// Thrown when a tile resolves to [TileProvider.transparentImage], which a
+/// [TileProvider] returns in place of an error it cannot throw, usually a
+/// cancellation.
+class TileLoadAbandonedException implements Exception {
+  /// Create a [TileLoadAbandonedException].
+  const TileLoadAbandonedException();
+
+  @override
+  String toString() =>
+      'TileLoadAbandonedException: the tile provider returned the transparent '
+      'placeholder instead of tile data';
+}
diff --git a/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_layer.dart b/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_layer.dart
index c53e27ad0..7e30e365c 100644
--- a/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_layer.dart
+++ b/lib/src/layer/tile_layer/tile_layer.dart
@@ -722,7 +722,8 @@ class _TileLayerState extends State<TileLayer> with TickerProviderStateMixin {
       zoom.round().clamp(widget.minNativeZoom, widget.maxNativeZoom);
 
   void _onTileLoadError(TileImage tile, Object error, StackTrace? stackTrace) {
-    debugPrint(error.toString());
+    // An abandoned load is routine while panning, not a fault to report.
+    if (error is! TileLoadAbandonedException) debugPrint(error.toString());
     widget.errorTileCallback?.call(tile, error, stackTrace);
   }
 
diff --git a/test/layer/tile_layer/tile_image_test.dart b/test/layer/tile_layer/tile_image_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a9462f93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/layer/tile_layer/tile_image_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import 'dart:async';
+
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/painting.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/scheduler.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_map/flutter_map.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+
+import '../../test_utils/test_tile_image.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  TestWidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
+
+  Future<TileImage> loadFailingTile({ImageProvider? errorImage}) {
+    final loaded = Completer<void>();
+    final tileImage = TileImage(
+      coordinates: const TileCoordinates(0, 0, 0),
+      vsync: const _TestTickerProvider(),
+      imageProvider: _FailingImageProvider(),
+      onLoadComplete: (_) => loaded.complete(),
+      onLoadError: (_, __, ___) {},
+      tileDisplay: const TileDisplay.instantaneous(),
+      cancelLoading: Completer(),
+      errorImage: errorImage,
+    )..load();
+    return loaded.future.then((_) => tileImage);
+  }
+
+  test('a failed tile with no error image is not ready to display', () async {
+    final tileImage = await loadFailingTile();
+
+    expect(tileImage.loadError, isTrue);
+    expect(tileImage.readyToDisplay, isFalse);
+  });
+
+  test('a failed tile with an error image is ready to display', () async {
+    final tileImage = await loadFailingTile(errorImage: testWhiteTileImage);
+
+    expect(tileImage.loadError, isTrue);
+    expect(tileImage.readyToDisplay, isTrue);
+  });
+
+  test('the transparent placeholder counts as a failure, not a tile', () async {
+    final loaded = Completer<void>();
+    Object? reportedError;
+    final tileImage = TileImage(
+      coordinates: const TileCoordinates(0, 0, 0),
+      vsync: const _TestTickerProvider(),
+      imageProvider: MemoryImage(TileProvider.transparentImage),
+      onLoadComplete: (_) => loaded.complete(),
+      onLoadError: (_, error, __) => reportedError = error,
+      tileDisplay: const TileDisplay.instantaneous(),
+      cancelLoading: Completer(),
+      errorImage: null,
+    )..load();
+    await loaded.future;
+
+    expect(tileImage.loadError, isTrue);
+    expect(tileImage.readyToDisplay, isFalse);
+    expect(tileImage.imageInfo, isNull);
+    expect(reportedError, isA<TileLoadAbandonedException>());
+  });
+}
+
+class _FailingImageProvider extends ImageProvider<_FailingImageProvider> {
+  @override
+  Future<_FailingImageProvider> obtainKey(ImageConfiguration configuration) =>
+      SynchronousFuture(this);
+
+  @override
+  ImageStreamCompleter loadImage(
+    _FailingImageProvider key,
+    ImageDecoderCallback decode,
+  ) =>
+      OneFrameImageStreamCompleter(Future.error(Exception('tile unavailable')));
+}
+
+class _TestTickerProvider implements TickerProvider {
+  const _TestTickerProvider();
+
+  @override
+  Ticker createTicker(TickerCallback onTick) => Ticker((_) {});
+}