diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/floating_point_arithmetic.rs b/clippy_lints/src/floating_point_arithmetic.rs
index d522873472bab..de869b8377af6 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/floating_point_arithmetic.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/floating_point_arithmetic.rs
@@ -496,9 +496,13 @@ fn check_mul_add(cx: &LateContext<'_>, expr: &Expr<'_>) {
             if let BinOpKind::Sub = op { -sugg } else { sugg }
         };
 
-        let (recv, arg1, arg2) = if let Some((inner_lhs, inner_rhs)) = is_float_mul_expr(cx, lhs) {
+        let (recv, arg1, arg2) = if let Some((inner_lhs, inner_rhs)) = is_float_mul_expr(cx, lhs)
+            && cx.typeck_results().expr_ty(rhs).is_floating_point()
+        {
             (inner_lhs, Sugg::hir(cx, inner_rhs, ".."), maybe_neg_sugg(rhs))
-        } else if let Some((inner_lhs, inner_rhs)) = is_float_mul_expr(cx, rhs) {
+        } else if let Some((inner_lhs, inner_rhs)) = is_float_mul_expr(cx, rhs)
+            && cx.typeck_results().expr_ty(lhs).is_floating_point()
+        {
             (inner_lhs, maybe_neg_sugg(inner_rhs), Sugg::hir(cx, lhs, ".."))
         } else {
             return;
diff --git a/tests/ui/floating_point_mul_add.fixed b/tests/ui/floating_point_mul_add.fixed
index a4d6d49e57c91..3ce2edf2c71f3 100644
--- a/tests/ui/floating_point_mul_add.fixed
+++ b/tests/ui/floating_point_mul_add.fixed
@@ -39,3 +39,21 @@ fn main() {
     // Cases where the lint shouldn't be applied
     let _ = (a * a + b * b).sqrt();
 }
+
+fn _issue11831() {
+    struct NotAFloat;
+
+    impl std::ops::Add<f64> for NotAFloat {
+        type Output = Self;
+
+        fn add(self, _: f64) -> Self {
+            NotAFloat
+        }
+    }
+
+    let a = NotAFloat;
+    let b = 1.0_f64;
+    let c = 1.0;
+
+    let _ = a + b * c;
+}
diff --git a/tests/ui/floating_point_mul_add.rs b/tests/ui/floating_point_mul_add.rs
index 262a20f0f557b..b5e4a8db4db2a 100644
--- a/tests/ui/floating_point_mul_add.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/floating_point_mul_add.rs
@@ -39,3 +39,21 @@ fn main() {
     // Cases where the lint shouldn't be applied
     let _ = (a * a + b * b).sqrt();
 }
+
+fn _issue11831() {
+    struct NotAFloat;
+
+    impl std::ops::Add<f64> for NotAFloat {
+        type Output = Self;
+
+        fn add(self, _: f64) -> Self {
+            NotAFloat
+        }
+    }
+
+    let a = NotAFloat;
+    let b = 1.0_f64;
+    let c = 1.0;
+
+    let _ = a + b * c;
+}