diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/assign.v b/vlib/v/checker/assign.v
index 26d867ac22..89c1c165f9 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/assign.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/assign.v
@@ -801,6 +801,14 @@ or use an explicit `unsafe{ a[..] }`, if you do not want a copy of the slice.',
 		if !is_blank_ident && right_sym.kind != .placeholder && left_sym.kind != .interface
 			&& ((!right_type.has_flag(.generic) && !left_type.has_flag(.generic))
 			|| right_sym.kind != left_sym.kind) {
+			// Disallow `array = voidptr` assign
+			if left_sym.kind in [.array, .array_fixed]
+				&& (right_type_unwrapped.is_voidptr() || right.is_nil()) {
+				left_str := c.table.type_to_str(left_type_unwrapped)
+				right_str := c.table.type_to_str(right_type_unwrapped)
+				c.error('cannot assign to `${left}`: expected `${left_str}`, not `${right_str}`',
+					right.pos())
+			}
 			// Dual sides check (compatibility check)
 			c.check_expected(right_type_unwrapped, left_type_unwrapped) or {
 				// allow literal values to auto deref var (e.g.`for mut v in values { v = 1.0 }`)
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/array_voidptr_assign_err.out b/vlib/v/checker/tests/array_voidptr_assign_err.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d21939d6d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/array_voidptr_assign_err.out
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+vlib/v/checker/tests/array_voidptr_assign_err.vv:2:6: warning: unused variable: `a`
+    1 | fn main() {
+    2 |     mut a := []int{}
+      |         ^
+    3 |     a = unsafe { nil }
+    4 |
+vlib/v/checker/tests/array_voidptr_assign_err.vv:3:6: error: cannot assign to `a`: expected `[]int`, not `voidptr`
+    1 | fn main() {
+    2 |     mut a := []int{}
+    3 |     a = unsafe { nil }
+      |         ~~~~~~
+    4 | 
+    5 |     // vfmt off
+vlib/v/checker/tests/array_voidptr_assign_err.vv:6:6: error: cannot assign to `a`: expected `[]int`, not `voidptr`
+    4 | 
+    5 |     // vfmt off
+    6 |     a = voidptr(0)
+      |         ~~~~~~~~~~
+    7 | }
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/array_voidptr_assign_err.vv b/vlib/v/checker/tests/array_voidptr_assign_err.vv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4796f57686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/array_voidptr_assign_err.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+fn main() {
+	mut a := []int{}
+	a = unsafe { nil }
+
+	// vfmt off
+	a = voidptr(0)
+}