diff --git a/gen/llvmhelpers.cpp b/gen/llvmhelpers.cpp
index 6d0151f6..16caa7fa 100644
--- a/gen/llvmhelpers.cpp
+++ b/gen/llvmhelpers.cpp
@@ -405,6 +405,12 @@ void DtoAssign(Loc& loc, DValue* lhs, DValue* rhs, int op)
     Type* t = lhs->getType()->toBasetype();
     Type* t2 = rhs->getType()->toBasetype();
 
+    if (t->ty == Tvoid) {
+        // This is a frontend regression in DMD 2.061; should be removed once
+        // DMD Bugzilla issue 9268 is fixed.
+        error(loc, "Cannot assign values of type void.");
+    }
+
     if (t->ty == Tstruct) {
         DtoAggrCopy(lhs->getLVal(), rhs->getRVal());
     }