diff --git a/gcc/jit/libgccjit.c b/gcc/jit/libgccjit.c
index e4f17f8..95a2c02 100644
--- a/gcc/jit/libgccjit.c
+++ b/gcc/jit/libgccjit.c
@@ -1345,6 +1345,10 @@ gcc_jit_context_new_binary_op (gcc_jit_context *ctxt,
     a->get_type ()->get_debug_string (),
     b->get_debug_string (),
     b->get_type ()->get_debug_string ());
+  RETURN_NULL_IF_FAIL_PRINTF1 (
+    result_type->is_numeric (), ctxt, loc,
+    "result_type type: %s is not numeric",
+    result_type->get_debug_string ());
 
   return (gcc_jit_rvalue *)ctxt->new_binary_op (loc, op, result_type, a, b);
 }