diff --git a/runtime/tests/vm/dart/regress_flutter117892_test.dart b/runtime/tests/vm/dart/regress_flutter117892_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1c3f6bd634b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime/tests/vm/dart/regress_flutter117892_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Verifies that compiler doesn't crash when uninitialized late variable
+// (sentinel) is returned from an async function.
+// Regression test for https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/117892.
+
+import 'package:expect/expect.dart';
+
+foo() async {
+  late int x;
+  if (3 != 3) {
+    x = 42;
+  }
+  return x;
+}
+
+main() {
+  foo().then((_) {
+    Expect.fail("Exception should be thrown.");
+  }, onError: (_) {});
+}
diff --git a/runtime/vm/compiler/backend/type_propagator.cc b/runtime/vm/compiler/backend/type_propagator.cc
index a5396e48e62..61d2458c6c2 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/compiler/backend/type_propagator.cc
+++ b/runtime/vm/compiler/backend/type_propagator.cc
@@ -947,7 +947,8 @@ bool CompileType::CanBeFuture() {
   ObjectStore* object_store = isolate_group->object_store();
 
   if (cid_ != kIllegalCid && cid_ != kDynamicCid) {
-    if ((cid_ == kNullCid) || (cid_ == kNeverCid)) {
+    if ((cid_ == kNullCid) || (cid_ == kNeverCid) ||
+        IsInternalOnlyClassId(cid_) || cid_ == kTypeArgumentsCid) {
       return false;
     }
     const Class& cls = Class::Handle(isolate_group->class_table()->At(cid_));