diff --git a/gcc/cp/reflect.cc b/gcc/cp/reflect.cc
index 7a87f42fa58..4bfe064c041 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/reflect.cc
+++ b/gcc/cp/reflect.cc
@@ -3074,7 +3074,9 @@ eval_return_type_of (location_t loc, const constexpr_ctx *ctx, tree r,
 {
   if ((eval_is_function (r) != boolean_true_node || !has_type (r, kind))
       && eval_is_function_type (r) != boolean_true_node)
-    return throw_exception_nofn (loc, ctx, fun, non_constant_p, jump_target);
+    return throw_exception (loc, ctx, "reflection does not represent a "
+			    "function or function type with a return type",
+			    fun, non_constant_p, jump_target);
 
   r = MAYBE_BASELINK_FUNCTIONS (r);
   if (TREE_CODE (r) == FUNCTION_DECL)
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/reflect/return_type_of2.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/reflect/return_type_of2.C
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..273197eed27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/reflect/return_type_of2.C
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// { dg-do compile { target c++26 } }
+// { dg-additional-options "-freflection" }
+// Test std::meta::return_type_of.
+
+#include <meta>
+
+using namespace std::meta;
+
+struct S {
+  S () {
+    int a;
+    constexpr auto r = return_type_of (type_of (parent_of (^^a))); // { dg-error "does not have a type" }
+    constexpr auto t = return_type_of (parent_of (^^a)); // { dg-error "function or function type with a return type" }
+  }
+  ~S () {
+    int a;
+    constexpr auto r = return_type_of (type_of (parent_of (^^a))); // { dg-error "does not have a type" }
+    constexpr auto t = return_type_of (parent_of (^^a)); // { dg-error "function or function type with a return type" }
+  }
+};