diff --git a/src/passes/Heap2Local.cpp b/src/passes/Heap2Local.cpp
index ca5a4a3413c..59c1e7e3fc5 100644
--- a/src/passes/Heap2Local.cpp
+++ b/src/passes/Heap2Local.cpp
@@ -862,6 +862,13 @@ struct Struct2Local : PostWalker<Struct2Local> {
       return;
     }
 
+    if (curr->type == Type::unreachable) {
+      // We must not modify unreachable code here, as we will replace it with a
+      // const, which has a concrete type (similar to the situation with
+      // local.get in other cases in this pass).
+      return;
+    }
+
     // This test operates on the allocation, which means we can compute whether
     // it will succeed statically. We do not even need
     // GCTypeUtils::evaluateCastCheck because we know the allocation's type
diff --git a/test/lit/passes/heap2local-desc.wast b/test/lit/passes/heap2local-desc.wast
index a6673463504..b6467beb544 100644
--- a/test/lit/passes/heap2local-desc.wast
+++ b/test/lit/passes/heap2local-desc.wast
@@ -1360,3 +1360,71 @@
     )
   )
 )
+
+(module
+  (rec
+    ;; CHECK:      (rec
+    ;; CHECK-NEXT:  (type $struct (descriptor $desc) (struct))
+    (type $struct (descriptor $desc) (struct))
+    ;; CHECK:       (type $desc (sub (describes $struct) (struct)))
+    (type $desc (sub (describes $struct) (struct)))
+  )
+
+  ;; CHECK:      (type $2 (func))
+
+  ;; CHECK:      (func $test (type $2)
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:  (local $temp (ref $desc))
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:  (local $1 (ref none))
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:  (local $2 (ref none))
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:  (drop
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:   (block (result nullref)
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:    (ref.null none)
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:   )
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:  )
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:  (drop
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:   (ref.test (ref none)
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:    (block
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:     (drop
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:      (block (result nullref)
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:       (local.set $2
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:        (ref.as_non_null
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:         (ref.null none)
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:        )
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:       )
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:       (local.set $1
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:        (local.get $2)
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:       )
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:       (ref.null none)
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:      )
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:     )
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:     (drop
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:      (ref.null none)
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:     )
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:     (unreachable)
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:    )
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:   )
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:  )
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT: )
+  (func $test
+    (local $temp (ref $desc))
+    (local.set $temp
+      (struct.new_default $desc)
+    )
+    ;; The ref.test's input will become unreachable after we optimize. We should
+    ;; not emit a const for the test result, even though we know it, as this is
+    ;; unreachable code which would not validate.
+    (drop
+      (ref.test (ref none)
+        (ref.cast_desc_eq (ref $struct)
+          (struct.new_default_desc $struct
+            (ref.as_non_null
+              (ref.null none)
+            )
+          )
+          (local.get $temp)
+        )
+      )
+    )
+  )
+)
+