diff --git a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/comptime/interpreter.rs b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/comptime/interpreter.rs
index ccfd446d6ac..85aa97f4c89 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/comptime/interpreter.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_frontend/src/hir/comptime/interpreter.rs
@@ -609,10 +609,13 @@ impl<'a> Interpreter<'a> {
         let rhs = self.evaluate(infix.rhs)?;
 
         // TODO: Need to account for operator overloading
-        assert!(
-            self.interner.get_selected_impl_for_expression(id).is_none(),
-            "Operator overloading is unimplemented in the interpreter"
-        );
+        // See https://github.com/noir-lang/noir/issues/4925
+        if self.interner.get_selected_impl_for_expression(id).is_some() {
+            return Err(InterpreterError::Unimplemented {
+                item: "Operator overloading in the interpreter".to_string(),
+                location: infix.operator.location,
+            });
+        }
 
         use InterpreterError::InvalidValuesForBinary;
         match infix.operator.kind {