diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaSYCL.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaSYCL.cpp
index b123951fb58fa..8b8cf8319e93a 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaSYCL.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaSYCL.cpp
@@ -1298,6 +1298,18 @@ class SyclKernelFieldChecker : public SyclKernelFieldHandler {
     return isValid();
   }
 
+  bool handlePointerType(FieldDecl *FD, QualType FieldTy) final {
+    while (FieldTy->isAnyPointerType()) {
+      FieldTy = QualType{FieldTy->getPointeeOrArrayElementType(), 0};
+      if (FieldTy->isVariableArrayType()) {
+        Diag.Report(FD->getLocation(), diag::err_vla_unsupported);
+        IsInvalid = true;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    return isValid();
+  }
+
   bool handleOtherType(FieldDecl *FD, QualType FieldTy) final {
     Diag.Report(FD->getLocation(), diag::err_bad_kernel_param_type) << FieldTy;
     IsInvalid = true;
diff --git a/clang/test/SemaSYCL/pointer-to-vla.cpp b/clang/test/SemaSYCL/pointer-to-vla.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c8a492b9b32e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/SemaSYCL/pointer-to-vla.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsycl -fsycl-is-device -triple spir64 -fsyntax-only -Wno-sycl-2017-compat -verify %s
+//
+// This test checks if compiler reports compilation error on an attempt to pass
+// a pointer to VLA as kernel argument
+
+#include "Inputs/sycl.hpp"
+
+void foo(unsigned X) {
+  using VLATy = float(*)[X];
+  VLATy PtrToVLA;
+  cl::sycl::kernel_single_task<class Kernel>([=]() {
+    // expected-error@+1 {{variable length arrays are not supported for the current target}}
+    (void)PtrToVLA;
+  });
+}