diff --git a/src/check_expr.cpp b/src/check_expr.cpp
index eddd7f369..c71479c0a 100644
--- a/src/check_expr.cpp
+++ b/src/check_expr.cpp
@@ -1805,6 +1805,10 @@ void check_unary_expr(CheckerContext *c, Operand *o, Token op, Ast *node) {
 					case Addressing_Constant:
 						error(op, "Cannot take the pointer address of '%s' which is a constant", str);
 						break;
+					case Addressing_SwizzleValue:
+					case Addressing_SwizzleVariable:
+						error(op, "Cannot take the pointer address of '%s' which is a swizzle intermediate array value", str);
+						break;
 					default:
 						error(op, "Cannot take the pointer address of '%s'", str);
 						break;