diff --git a/flang/lib/Semantics/expression.cpp b/flang/lib/Semantics/expression.cpp
--- a/flang/lib/Semantics/expression.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Semantics/expression.cpp
@@ -2633,6 +2633,18 @@
       if (!procRef) {
         analyzer.CheckForNullPointer(
             "in a non-pointer intrinsic assignment statement");
+        const Expr<SomeType> &lhs{analyzer.GetExpr(0)};
+        if (auto dyType{lhs.GetType()};
+            dyType && dyType->IsPolymorphic()) { // 10.2.1.2p1(1)
+          const Symbol *lastWhole0{UnwrapWholeSymbolOrComponentDataRef(lhs)};
+          const Symbol *lastWhole{
+              lastWhole0 ? &lastWhole0->GetUltimate() : nullptr};
+          if (!lastWhole || !IsAllocatable(*lastWhole)) {
+            Say("Left-hand side of assignment may not be polymorphic unless assignment is to an entire allocatable"_err_en_US);
+          } else if (evaluate::IsCoarray(*lastWhole)) {
+            Say("Left-hand side of assignment may not be polymorphic if it is a coarray"_err_en_US);
+          }
+        }
       }
       assignment.emplace(analyzer.MoveExpr(0), analyzer.MoveExpr(1));
       if (procRef) {
diff --git a/flang/test/Semantics/assign11.f90 b/flang/test/Semantics/assign11.f90
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flang/test/Semantics/assign11.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+! RUN: %python %S/test_errors.py %s %flang_fc1
+! 10.2.1.2p1(1)
+program test
+  class(*), allocatable :: pa
+  class(*), pointer :: pp
+  class(*), allocatable :: pac[:]
+  pa = 1 ! ok
+  !ERROR: Left-hand side of assignment may not be polymorphic unless assignment is to an entire allocatable
+  pp = 1
+  !ERROR: Left-hand side of assignment may not be polymorphic if it is a coarray
+  pac = 1
+end
diff --git a/flang/test/Semantics/call28.f90 b/flang/test/Semantics/call28.f90
--- a/flang/test/Semantics/call28.f90
+++ b/flang/test/Semantics/call28.f90
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   end subroutine
   pure subroutine s2(x)
     class(t), intent(in out) :: x
+    !ERROR: Left-hand side of assignment may not be polymorphic unless assignment is to an entire allocatable
     !ERROR: Left-hand side of assignment is not definable
     !BECAUSE: 'x' is polymorphic in a pure subprogram
     x = t()