diff --git a/src/ir.cpp b/src/ir.cpp
index 2bb40c7e15..8f6317096c 100644
--- a/src/ir.cpp
+++ b/src/ir.cpp
@@ -6727,8 +6727,8 @@ static ConstCastOnly types_match_const_cast_only(IrAnalyze *ira, TypeTableEntry
                 result.id = ConstCastResultIdFnReturnType;
                 result.data.return_type = allocate_nonzero<ConstCastOnly>(1);
                 *result.data.return_type = child;
+                return result;
             }
-            return result;
         }
         if (expected_type->data.fn.fn_type_id.param_count != actual_type->data.fn.fn_type_id.param_count) {
             result.id = ConstCastResultIdFnArgCount;
diff --git a/test/compile_errors.zig b/test/compile_errors.zig
index f60705aa31..90b3ff023a 100644
--- a/test/compile_errors.zig
+++ b/test/compile_errors.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 const tests = @import("tests.zig");
 
 pub fn addCases(cases: &tests.CompileErrorContext) void {
+    cases.add("type checking function pointers",
+        \\fn a(b: fn (&const u8) void) void {
+        \\    b('a');
+        \\}
+        \\fn c(d: u8) void {
+        \\    @import("std").debug.warn("{c}\n", d);
+        \\}
+        \\export fn entry() void {
+        \\    a(c);
+        \\}
+    ,
+        ".tmp_source.zig:8:7: error: expected type 'fn(&const u8) void', found 'fn(u8) void'");
+
     cases.add("no else prong on switch on global error set",
         \\export fn entry() void {
         \\    foo(error.A);