diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Bytecode/Generator.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Bytecode/Generator.cpp
index 91f97d567c..2a11de594a 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Bytecode/Generator.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Bytecode/Generator.cpp
@@ -268,7 +268,10 @@ CodeGenerationErrorOr<Optional<Generator::ReferenceRegisters>> Generator::emit_l
         }
         return Optional<ReferenceRegisters> {};
     }
-    VERIFY_NOT_REACHED();
+    return CodeGenerationError {
+        &node,
+        "Unimplemented/invalid node used a reference"sv
+    };
 }
 
 CodeGenerationErrorOr<void> Generator::emit_store_to_reference(JS::ASTNode const& node)
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Tests/invalid-lhs-in-assignment.js b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Tests/invalid-lhs-in-assignment.js
index ad329dc826..7f753cad14 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Tests/invalid-lhs-in-assignment.js
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Tests/invalid-lhs-in-assignment.js
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ test.xfail("assignment to function call", () => {
     }).toThrowWithMessage(ReferenceError, "Invalid left-hand side in assignment");
 });
 
+test.xfail("Postfix operator after function call", () => {
+    expect(() => {
+        function foo() {}
+        foo()++;
+    }).toThrow(ReferenceError);
+});
+
 test("assignment to function call in strict mode", () => {
     expect("'use strict'; foo() = 'foo'").toEval();
 });