diff --git a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/JitRunner.cpp b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/JitRunner.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/JitRunner.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/JitRunner.cpp
@@ -224,6 +224,12 @@
       SymbolTable::lookupSymbolIn(module, entryPoint));
   if (!mainFunction || mainFunction.empty())
     return makeStringError("entry point not found");
+
+  auto resultType = dyn_cast<LLVM::LLVMVoidType>(
+      mainFunction.getFunctionType().getReturnType());
+  if (!resultType)
+    return makeStringError("expected void function");
+
   void *empty = nullptr;
   return compileAndExecute(options, module, entryPoint, std::move(config),
                            &empty, std::move(tm));
diff --git a/mlir/test/mlir-cpu-runner/verify-entry-point-result.mlir b/mlir/test/mlir-cpu-runner/verify-entry-point-result.mlir
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/test/mlir-cpu-runner/verify-entry-point-result.mlir
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// RUN: not mlir-cpu-runner %s -e entry -entry-point-result=void 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+
+// CHECK: Error: expected void function
+llvm.func @entry() -> (i32) {
+  %0 = llvm.mlir.constant(0 : index) : i32
+  llvm.return %0 : i32
+}