diff --git a/flang/include/flang/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.td b/flang/include/flang/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.td
--- a/flang/include/flang/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.td
+++ b/flang/include/flang/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.td
@@ -1978,7 +1978,8 @@
   let summary = "insert sub-value into a range on an existing sequence";
 
   let description = [{
-    Insert copies of a value into an entity with an array type.
+    Insert copies of a value into an entity with an array type of constant shape
+    and size.
     Returns a new ssa value with the same type as the original entity.
     The values are inserted at a contiguous range of indices in Fortran
     row-to-column element order as specified by lower and upper bound
diff --git a/flang/lib/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.cpp b/flang/lib/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.cpp
--- a/flang/lib/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Optimizer/Dialect/FIROps.cpp
@@ -1387,6 +1387,8 @@
 
 /// Range bounds must be nonnegative, and the range must not be empty.
 static mlir::LogicalResult verify(fir::InsertOnRangeOp op) {
+  if (fir::hasDynamicSize(op.seq().getType()))
+    return op.emitOpError("must have constant shape and size");
   if (op.coor().size() < 2 || op.coor().size() % 2 != 0)
     return op.emitOpError("has uneven number of values in ranges");
   bool rangeIsKnownToBeNonempty = false;
diff --git a/flang/test/Fir/invalid.fir b/flang/test/Fir/invalid.fir
--- a/flang/test/Fir/invalid.fir
+++ b/flang/test/Fir/invalid.fir
@@ -464,6 +464,26 @@
 
 // -----
 
+fir.global internal @_QEmultiarray : !fir.array<?xi32> {
+  %c0_i32 = arith.constant 1 : i32
+  %0 = fir.undefined !fir.array<?xi32>
+  // expected-error@+1 {{'fir.insert_on_range' op must have constant shape and size}}
+  %2 = fir.insert_on_range %0, %c0_i32, [0 : index, 10 : index] : (!fir.array<?xi32>, i32) -> !fir.array<?xi32>
+  fir.has_value %2 : !fir.array<?xi32>
+}
+
+// -----
+
+fir.global internal @_QEmultiarray : !fir.array<*:i32> {
+  %c0_i32 = arith.constant 1 : i32
+  %0 = fir.undefined !fir.array<*:i32>
+  // expected-error@+1 {{'fir.insert_on_range' op must have constant shape and size}}
+  %2 = fir.insert_on_range %0, %c0_i32, [0 : index, 10 : index] : (!fir.array<*:i32>, i32) -> !fir.array<*:i32>
+  fir.has_value %2 : !fir.array<*:i32>
+}
+
+// -----
+
 func @bad_save_result(%buffer : !fir.ref<!fir.array<?xf64>>, %n :index) {
   %res = fir.call @array_func() : () -> !fir.array<?xf32>
   %shape = fir.shape %n : (index) -> !fir.shape<1>