diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
index 29f9da796f..c179d297af 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
@@ -958,6 +958,12 @@ transformAExprOpAny(ParseState *pstate, A_Expr *a)
 								 a->location);
 
 	lexpr = transformExprRecurse(pstate, lexpr);
+	if (type_is_array(exprType(lexpr)))
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
+				 errmsg("ANY/ALL leftarg must be be scalar, not array"),
+				 parser_errposition(pstate, exprLocation(lexpr))));
+
 	rexpr = transformExprRecurse(pstate, rexpr);
 
 	return (Node *) make_scalar_array_op(pstate,
@@ -981,6 +987,12 @@ transformAExprOpAll(ParseState *pstate, A_Expr *a)
 								 a->location);
 
 	lexpr = transformExprRecurse(pstate, lexpr);
+	if (type_is_array(exprType(lexpr)))
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
+				 errmsg("ANY/ALL leftarg must be scalar, not array"),
+				 parser_errposition(pstate, exprLocation(lexpr))));
+
 	rexpr = transformExprRecurse(pstate, rexpr);
 
 	return (Node *) make_scalar_array_op(pstate,
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/arrays.out b/src/test/regress/expected/arrays.out
index c730563f03..c127ffaac0 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/arrays.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/arrays.out
@@ -1295,6 +1295,13 @@ SELECT -1 != ALL(ARRAY(SELECT NULLIF(g.i, 900) FROM generate_series(1,1000) g(i)
  
 (1 row)
 
+-- leftarg must always be scalar
+select '{1}'::int[] = any ('{{1}, {2}}');
+ERROR:  ANY/ALL leftarg must be be scalar, not array
+LINE 1: select '{1}'::int[] = any ('{{1}, {2}}');
+               ^
+create table arr_tbl_check (a int[] check (a = any ('{{1}, {2}}')));
+ERROR:  ANY/ALL leftarg must be be scalar, not array
 -- test indexes on arrays
 create temp table arr_tbl (f1 int[] unique);
 insert into arr_tbl values ('{1,2,3}');
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/arrays.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/arrays.sql
index 25dd4e2c6d..d5ced0f695 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/arrays.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/arrays.sql
@@ -374,6 +374,9 @@ select 33 = all ('{1,null,3}');
 select 33 = all ('{33,null,33}');
 -- nulls later in the bitmap
 SELECT -1 != ALL(ARRAY(SELECT NULLIF(g.i, 900) FROM generate_series(1,1000) g(i)));
+-- leftarg must always be scalar
+select '{1}'::int[] = any ('{{1}, {2}}');
+create table arr_tbl_check (a int[] check (a = any ('{{1}, {2}}')));
 
 -- test indexes on arrays
 create temp table arr_tbl (f1 int[] unique);