diff --git a/src/Sema.zig b/src/Sema.zig
index 8f53c167397ded40e8a80f1d07629175afa2b16f..0da5808eac22d9c76fdde9fc3f219779c9939388 100644
--- a/src/Sema.zig
+++ b/src/Sema.zig
@@ -7194,7 +7194,11 @@ fn analyzeCall(
                 .pointer => func_or_ptr_ty.childType(zcu),
                 else => unreachable,
             };
-            return sema.handleTailCall(block, call_src, runtime_func_ty, call_ref);
+            const result = sema.coerceExtra(block, sema.fn_ret_ty, call_ref, call_src, .{ .is_ret = true }) catch |err| switch (err) {
+                error.NotCoercible => unreachable,
+                else => |e| return e,
+            };
+            return sema.handleTailCall(block, call_src, runtime_func_ty, result);
         }
 
         switch (actual_ret_ty.classify(zcu)) {
diff --git a/test/cases/compile_errors/tail_call_through_inline.zig b/test/cases/compile_errors/tail_call_through_inline.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0559211f095599db8df2f314ffcd5b8e15f09dc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/compile_errors/tail_call_through_inline.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+export fn f() u32 {
+    return bad();
+}
+
+inline fn bad() bool {
+    return @call(.always_tail, g, .{});
+}
+
+fn g() u32 {
+    return 123;
+}
+
+// error
+//
+// :6:12: error: expected type 'bool', found 'u32'
+// :5:17: note: function return type declared here
+// :2:15: note: called inline here