diff --git a/src/wasm/wasm-js.cc b/src/wasm/wasm-js.cc
index 676df30e42..b65db60154 100644
--- a/src/wasm/wasm-js.cc
+++ b/src/wasm/wasm-js.cc
@@ -2046,10 +2046,20 @@ void WebAssemblyExceptionGetArg(
   }
   auto maybe_values =
       i::WasmExceptionPackage::GetExceptionValues(i_isolate, exception);
-  if (maybe_values->IsUndefined()) {
+
+  auto this_tag =
+      i::WasmExceptionPackage::GetExceptionTag(i_isolate, exception);
+  if (this_tag->IsUndefined()) {
     thrower.TypeError("Expected a WebAssembly.Exception object");
     return;
   }
+  DCHECK(this_tag->IsWasmExceptionTag());
+  if (tag->tag() != *this_tag) {
+    thrower.TypeError("First argument does not match the exception tag");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  DCHECK(!maybe_values->IsUndefined());
   auto values = i::Handle<i::FixedArray>::cast(maybe_values);
   auto signature = tag->serialized_signature();
   if (index >= static_cast<uint32_t>(signature.length())) {
diff --git a/test/mjsunit/wasm/exceptions-api.js b/test/mjsunit/wasm/exceptions-api.js
index 8d21f40a8e..29d3de0602 100644
--- a/test/mjsunit/wasm/exceptions-api.js
+++ b/test/mjsunit/wasm/exceptions-api.js
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ function TestGetArgHelper(types_str, types, values) {
       /Index must be convertible to a valid number/);
   assertThrows(() => exception.getArg(tag, 0xFFFFFFFF), RangeError,
       /Index out of range/);
+  let wrong_tag = new WebAssembly.Tag({parameters: ['i32']});
+  assertThrows(() => exception.getArg(wrong_tag, 0), TypeError,
+      /First argument does not match the exception tag/);
 
   // Check decoding.
   TestGetArgHelper(['i32'], [kWasmI32], [1]);