diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/PatternMatcher.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/PatternMatcher.scala
index 745c1787f5ed..0ba4baff45a2 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/PatternMatcher.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/PatternMatcher.scala
@@ -839,7 +839,8 @@ object PatternMatcher {
               default
           }
         case ResultPlan(tree) =>
-          Return(tree, ref(resultLabel))
+          if (tree.tpe <:< defn.NothingType) tree // For example MatchError
+          else Return(tree, ref(resultLabel))
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBytecodeTests.scala b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBytecodeTests.scala
index fc76948490df..87cfdd764218 100644
--- a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBytecodeTests.scala
+++ b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBytecodeTests.scala
@@ -401,4 +401,53 @@ class TestBCode extends DottyBytecodeTest {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test def returnThrowInPatternMatch = {
+    val source =
+      """class Test {
+        |  def test(a: Any): Int = {
+        |    a match {
+        |      case _: Test => ???
+        |    }
+        |  }
+        |}
+      """.stripMargin
+
+    checkBCode(source) { dir =>
+      val moduleIn = dir.lookupName("Test.class", directory = false)
+      val moduleNode = loadClassNode(moduleIn.input)
+      val method = getMethod(moduleNode, "test")
+
+      val instructions = instructionsFromMethod(method)
+      val expected = List(
+        VarOp(Opcodes.ALOAD, 1),
+        VarOp(Opcodes.ASTORE, 2),
+        VarOp(Opcodes.ALOAD, 2),
+        TypeOp(Opcodes.INSTANCEOF, "Test"),
+        Jump(Opcodes.IFEQ, Label(11)),
+        VarOp(Opcodes.ALOAD, 2),
+        TypeOp(Opcodes.CHECKCAST, "Test"),
+        VarOp(Opcodes.ASTORE, 3),
+        Field(Opcodes.GETSTATIC, "scala/Predef$", "MODULE$", "Lscala/Predef$;"),
+        Invoke(Opcodes.INVOKEVIRTUAL, "scala/Predef$", "$qmark$qmark$qmark", "()Lscala/runtime/Nothing$;", false),
+        Op(Opcodes.ATHROW),
+        Label(11),
+        FrameEntry(1, List("java/lang/Object"), List()),
+        TypeOp(Opcodes.NEW, "scala/MatchError"),
+        Op(Opcodes.DUP),
+        VarOp(Opcodes.ALOAD, 2),
+        Invoke(Opcodes.INVOKESPECIAL, "scala/MatchError", "<init>", "(Ljava/lang/Object;)V", false),
+        Op(Opcodes.ATHROW),
+        Label(18),
+        FrameEntry(0, List(), List("java/lang/Throwable")),
+        Op(Opcodes.ATHROW),
+        Label(21),
+        FrameEntry(4, List(), List("java/lang/Throwable")),
+        Op(Opcodes.ATHROW)
+      )
+      assert(instructions == expected,
+        "`test` was not properly generated\n" + diffInstructions(instructions, expected))
+
+    }
+  }
+
 }