diff --git a/src/Sema.zig b/src/Sema.zig
index 797bc299c34d8831c6a287106c35878a1d8f8152..1b81e7653ea9d8586e8c887978078c9a97ba6925 100644
--- a/src/Sema.zig
+++ b/src/Sema.zig
@@ -30223,6 +30223,19 @@ fn checkPtrAttributes(sema: *Sema, dest_ty: Type, inst_ty: Type, in_memory_resul
         } };
         return false;
     }
+
+    if (inst_info.packed_offset.host_size != dest_info.packed_offset.host_size or
+        inst_info.packed_offset.bit_offset != dest_info.packed_offset.bit_offset)
+    {
+        in_memory_result.* = .{ .ptr_bit_range = .{
+            .actual_host = inst_info.packed_offset.host_size,
+            .wanted_host = dest_info.packed_offset.host_size,
+            .actual_offset = inst_info.packed_offset.bit_offset,
+            .wanted_offset = dest_info.packed_offset.bit_offset,
+        } };
+        return false;
+    }
+
     if (inst_info.flags.alignment == .none and dest_info.flags.alignment == .none) return true;
     if (len0) return true;
 
@@ -30243,19 +30256,6 @@ fn checkPtrAttributes(sema: *Sema, dest_ty: Type, inst_ty: Type, in_memory_resul
         } };
         return false;
     }
-
-    if (inst_info.packed_offset.host_size != dest_info.packed_offset.host_size or
-        inst_info.packed_offset.bit_offset != dest_info.packed_offset.bit_offset)
-    {
-        in_memory_result.* = .{ .ptr_bit_range = .{
-            .actual_host = inst_info.packed_offset.host_size,
-            .wanted_host = dest_info.packed_offset.host_size,
-            .actual_offset = inst_info.packed_offset.bit_offset,
-            .wanted_offset = dest_info.packed_offset.bit_offset,
-        } };
-        return false;
-    }
-
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/cases/compile_errors/coercion_from_vector_element_to_c_ptr.zig b/test/cases/compile_errors/coercion_from_vector_element_to_c_ptr.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8bf69016a6a8e0c7e51ef50f84dd632f9232037e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/compile_errors/coercion_from_vector_element_to_c_ptr.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+export fn foo() void {
+    var size: @Vector(4, c_int) = undefined;
+    bar(&size[0]);
+}
+extern fn bar([*c]c_int) void;
+
+// error
+//
+// 3:9: error: expected type '[*c]c_int', found '*align(4:0:4:0) c_int'
+// 3:9: note: pointer host size '4' cannot cast into pointer host size '0'
+// 5:15: note: parameter type declared here