diff --git a/packages/next/src/migrations/update-17-2-7/remove-eslint-rules-patch.spec.ts b/packages/next/src/migrations/update-17-2-7/remove-eslint-rules-patch.spec.ts
index cf91c1e1ab..6737d41a51 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/migrations/update-17-2-7/remove-eslint-rules-patch.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/migrations/update-17-2-7/remove-eslint-rules-patch.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import { Tree, addProjectConfiguration, writeJson } from '@nx/devkit';
+import { addProjectConfiguration, readJson, Tree, writeJson } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace } from 'nx/src/devkit-testing-exports';
 
 import update from './remove-eslint-rules-patch';
-import { readJson } from '@nx/devkit';
 
 describe('update-nx-next-dependency', () => {
   let tree: Tree;
@@ -11,6 +10,16 @@ describe('update-nx-next-dependency', () => {
     tree = createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace();
   });
 
+  it('should handle projects without eslintrc file', async () => {
+    tree.write('.eslintrc.json', '{}');
+
+    addProjectConfiguration(tree, 'my-pkg', {
+      root: 'packages/my-pkg',
+    });
+
+    await expect(update(tree)).resolves.not.toThrow();
+  });
+
   it('should remove @next/next/no-html-link-for-pages in json configs', async () => {
     tree.write('.eslintrc.json', '{}');
 
diff --git a/packages/next/src/migrations/update-17-2-7/remove-eslint-rules-patch.ts b/packages/next/src/migrations/update-17-2-7/remove-eslint-rules-patch.ts
index 8b9ff201eb..f436e9719b 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/migrations/update-17-2-7/remove-eslint-rules-patch.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/migrations/update-17-2-7/remove-eslint-rules-patch.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-import { Tree, formatFiles, getProjects } from '@nx/devkit';
-import { updateOverrideInLintConfig } from '@nx/eslint/src/generators/utils/eslint-file';
+import { formatFiles, getProjects, Tree } from '@nx/devkit';
+import {
+  isEslintConfigSupported,
+  updateOverrideInLintConfig,
+} from '@nx/eslint/src/generators/utils/eslint-file';
 
 export default async function update(tree: Tree) {
   const projects = getProjects(tree);
   projects.forEach((project) => {
+    if (!isEslintConfigSupported(tree, project.root)) return;
     updateOverrideInLintConfig(
       tree,
       project.root,