Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a receiving (Rx) user equipment (UE) may receive, from a transmitting (Tx) UE, sidelink control information (SCI). The Rx UE may determine an Rx-side block error rate (BLER) based at least in part on the SCI. The Rx UE may perform a beam failure recovery based at least in part on the Rx-side BLER satisfying a threshold. Numerous other aspects are described.