diff --git a/src/compile.c b/src/compile.c
index 7706c236..05478ab8 100644
--- a/src/compile.c
+++ b/src/compile.c
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ block gen_try_handler(block handler) {
   return gen_cond(// `if type=="object" and .__jq
                   gen_and(gen_call("_equal",
                                    BLOCK(gen_lambda(gen_const(jv_string("object"))),
-                                         gen_lambda(gen_noop()))),
+                                         gen_lambda(gen_call("type", gen_noop())))),
                           BLOCK(gen_subexp(gen_const(jv_string("__jq"))),
                                 gen_noop(),
                                 gen_op_simple(INDEX))),
diff --git a/tests/jq.test b/tests/jq.test
index adc57889..1e0ce071 100644
--- a/tests/jq.test
+++ b/tests/jq.test
@@ -1712,3 +1712,7 @@ false
 .x - 10
 {"x":13911860366432393}
 13911860366432382
+
+. |= try . catch .
+1
+1
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