diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/common.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/common.rs
index 4ca19ab2f12b8..b793c8d0cc1b8 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/common.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/common.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use rustc_abi as abi;
 use rustc_abi::Primitive::Pointer;
 use rustc_abi::{AddressSpace, HasDataLayout};
 use rustc_ast::Mutability;
+use rustc_codegen_ssa::common::TypeKind;
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::*;
 use rustc_data_structures::stable_hasher::{Hash128, HashStable, StableHasher};
 use rustc_hir::def_id::DefId;
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ impl<'ll, 'tcx> ConstCodegenMethods<'tcx> for CodegenCx<'ll, 'tcx> {
     }
 
     fn const_int(&self, t: &'ll Type, i: i64) -> &'ll Value {
+        assert!(self.type_kind(t) == TypeKind::Integer, "only allows integer types in const_int");
         unsafe { llvm::LLVMConstInt(t, i as u64, True) }
     }
 
@@ -176,10 +178,12 @@ impl<'ll, 'tcx> ConstCodegenMethods<'tcx> for CodegenCx<'ll, 'tcx> {
     }
 
     fn const_uint(&self, t: &'ll Type, i: u64) -> &'ll Value {
+        assert!(self.type_kind(t) == TypeKind::Integer, "only allows integer types in const_uint");
         unsafe { llvm::LLVMConstInt(t, i, False) }
     }
 
     fn const_uint_big(&self, t: &'ll Type, u: u128) -> &'ll Value {
+        assert!(self.type_kind(t) == TypeKind::Integer, "only allows integer types in const_uint_big");
         unsafe {
             let words = [u as u64, (u >> 64) as u64];
             llvm::LLVMConstIntOfArbitraryPrecision(t, 2, words.as_ptr())