diff --git a/src/Sema.zig b/src/Sema.zig
index 87dd6a83bb..58fa1af124 100644
--- a/src/Sema.zig
+++ b/src/Sema.zig
@@ -23090,6 +23090,7 @@ fn checkAtomicPtrOperand(
 ) CompileError!Air.Inst.Ref {
     const pt = sema.pt;
     const zcu = pt.zcu;
+    try elem_ty.resolveLayout(pt);
     var diag: Zcu.AtomicPtrAlignmentDiagnostics = .{};
     const alignment = zcu.atomicPtrAlignment(elem_ty, &diag) catch |err| switch (err) {
         error.OutOfMemory => return error.OutOfMemory,