diff --git a/src/compiler/wasm-gc-lowering.cc b/src/compiler/wasm-gc-lowering.cc
index 9d9caae767..a4e5f65619 100644
--- a/src/compiler/wasm-gc-lowering.cc
+++ b/src/compiler/wasm-gc-lowering.cc
@@ -95,8 +95,12 @@ Reduction WasmGCLowering::ReduceWasmTypeCheck(Node* node) {
   gasm_.InitializeEffectControl(effect_input, control_input);
 
   auto end_label = gasm_.MakeLabel(MachineRepresentation::kWord32);
+  bool is_cast_from_any = config.from.is_reference_to(wasm::HeapType::kAny);
 
-  if (object_can_be_null) {
+  // Skip the null check if casting from any and if null results in check
+  // failure. In that case the instance type check will identify null as not
+  // being a wasm object and return 0 (failure).
+  if (object_can_be_null && (!is_cast_from_any || config.to.is_nullable())) {
     const int kResult = config.to.is_nullable() ? 1 : 0;
     gasm_.GotoIf(gasm_.TaggedEqual(object, Null()), &end_label,
                  BranchHint::kFalse, gasm_.Int32Constant(kResult));
@@ -114,7 +118,7 @@ Reduction WasmGCLowering::ReduceWasmTypeCheck(Node* node) {
                gasm_.Int32Constant(1));
 
   // Check if map instance type identifies a wasm object.
-  if (config.from.is_reference_to(wasm::HeapType::kAny)) {
+  if (is_cast_from_any) {
     Node* is_wasm_obj = gasm_.IsDataRefMap(map);
     gasm_.GotoIfNot(is_wasm_obj, &end_label, BranchHint::kTrue,
                     gasm_.Int32Constant(0));
@@ -166,8 +170,12 @@ Reduction WasmGCLowering::ReduceWasmTypeCast(Node* node) {
   gasm_.InitializeEffectControl(effect_input, control_input);
 
   auto end_label = gasm_.MakeLabel();
+  bool is_cast_from_any = config.from.is_reference_to(wasm::HeapType::kAny);
 
-  if (object_can_be_null) {
+  // Skip the null check if casting from any and if null results in check
+  // failure. In that case the instance type check will identify null as not
+  // being a wasm object and trap.
+  if (object_can_be_null && (!is_cast_from_any || config.to.is_nullable())) {
     Node* is_null = gasm_.TaggedEqual(object, Null());
     if (config.to.is_nullable()) {
       gasm_.GotoIf(is_null, &end_label, BranchHint::kFalse);
@@ -187,7 +195,7 @@ Reduction WasmGCLowering::ReduceWasmTypeCast(Node* node) {
   gasm_.GotoIf(gasm_.TaggedEqual(map, rtt), &end_label, BranchHint::kTrue);
 
   // Check if map instance type identifies a wasm object.
-  if (config.from.is_reference_to(wasm::HeapType::kAny)) {
+  if (is_cast_from_any) {
     Node* is_wasm_obj = gasm_.IsDataRefMap(map);
     gasm_.TrapUnless(is_wasm_obj, TrapId::kTrapIllegalCast);
   }
diff --git a/src/wasm/baseline/liftoff-compiler.cc b/src/wasm/baseline/liftoff-compiler.cc
index 9502a0af32..485837efa2 100644
--- a/src/wasm/baseline/liftoff-compiler.cc
+++ b/src/wasm/baseline/liftoff-compiler.cc
@@ -5848,8 +5848,12 @@ class LiftoffCompiler {
                     NullSucceeds null_succeeds,
                     const FreezeCacheState& frozen) {
     Label match;
+    bool is_cast_from_any = obj_type.is_reference_to(HeapType::kAny);
 
-    if (obj_type.is_nullable()) {
+    // Skip the null check if casting from any and not {null_succeeds}.
+    // In that case the instance type check will identify null as not being a
+    // wasm object and fail.
+    if (obj_type.is_nullable() && (!is_cast_from_any || null_succeeds)) {
       __ emit_cond_jump(kEqual, null_succeeds ? &match : no_match,
                         obj_type.kind(), obj_reg, scratch_null, frozen);
     }
@@ -5876,7 +5880,7 @@ class LiftoffCompiler {
     // rtt.
     __ emit_cond_jump(kEqual, &match, rtt_type.kind(), tmp1, rtt_reg, frozen);
 
-    if (obj_type.is_reference_to(HeapType::kAny)) {
+    if (is_cast_from_any) {
       // Check for map being a map for a wasm object (struct, array, func).
       __ Load(LiftoffRegister(scratch2), tmp1, no_reg,
               wasm::ObjectAccess::ToTagged(Map::kInstanceTypeOffset),