diff --git a/gcc/rust/typecheck/rust-hir-type-check-expr.cc b/gcc/rust/typecheck/rust-hir-type-check-expr.cc
index d4517f3a6d18..b2bb7172f244 100644
--- a/gcc/rust/typecheck/rust-hir-type-check-expr.cc
+++ b/gcc/rust/typecheck/rust-hir-type-check-expr.cc
@@ -194,7 +194,14 @@ TypeCheckExpr::visit (HIR::CallExpr &expr)
 	  HirId variant_id;
 	  bool ok = context->lookup_variant_definition (
 	    expr.get_fnexpr ()->get_mappings ().get_hirid (), &variant_id);
-	  rust_assert (ok);
+
+	  if (!ok)
+	    {
+	      rust_error_at (expr.get_locus (), ErrorCode::E0423,
+			     "expected function, tuple struct or tuple "
+			     "variant, found enum");
+	      return;
+	    }
 
 	  TyTy::VariantDef *lookup_variant = nullptr;
 	  ok = adt->lookup_variant_by_id (variant_id, &lookup_variant);
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/rust/compile/issue-3046.rs b/gcc/testsuite/rust/compile/issue-3046.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c982cc98f582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/rust/compile/issue-3046.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+enum Res {
+    OK,
+    BAD,
+}
+
+enum LOption {
+    Some(i32),
+    None,
+}
+
+fn test(v: LOption) -> Res {
+    return Res::BAD;
+}
+
+
+fn main() {
+    // Should be:
+    // test(LOption::Some(2));
+    // 
+    test(LOption(2));
+    // { dg-error "expected function, tuple struct or tuple variant, found enum" "" { target *-*-* } .-1 }
+    // { dg-error "failed to resolve type for argument expr in CallExpr" "" { target *-*-* } .-2 }
+}