diff --git a/crates/cli-support/src/wit/mod.rs b/crates/cli-support/src/wit/mod.rs
index 1991812f1f3..38402aafe9d 100644
--- a/crates/cli-support/src/wit/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/cli-support/src/wit/mod.rs
@@ -485,27 +485,7 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
                 let class = class.to_string();
                 match export.method_kind {
                     decode::MethodKind::Constructor => {
-                        let msg = "Trying to return JS primitive from constructor, return value will be ignored. Use a builder instead (remove `constructor` attribute).";
-                        match descriptor.ret {
-                            Descriptor::I8
-                            | Descriptor::U8
-                            | Descriptor::ClampedU8
-                            | Descriptor::I16
-                            | Descriptor::U16
-                            | Descriptor::I32
-                            | Descriptor::U32
-                            | Descriptor::F32
-                            | Descriptor::F64
-                            | Descriptor::I64
-                            | Descriptor::U64
-                            | Descriptor::Boolean
-                            | Descriptor::Char
-                            | Descriptor::CachedString
-                            | Descriptor::String
-                            | Descriptor::Option(_)
-                            | Descriptor::Unit => bail!(msg),
-                            _ => {}
-                        }
+                        verify_constructor_return(&class, &descriptor.ret)?;
                         AuxExportKind::Constructor(class)
                     }
                     decode::MethodKind::Operation(op) => {
@@ -1447,6 +1427,36 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Verifies exported constructor return value is not a JS primitive type
+fn verify_constructor_return(class: &str, ret: &Descriptor) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    match ret {
+        Descriptor::I8
+        | Descriptor::U8
+        | Descriptor::ClampedU8
+        | Descriptor::I16
+        | Descriptor::U16
+        | Descriptor::I32
+        | Descriptor::U32
+        | Descriptor::F32
+        | Descriptor::F64
+        | Descriptor::I64
+        | Descriptor::U64
+        | Descriptor::Boolean
+        | Descriptor::Char
+        | Descriptor::CachedString
+        | Descriptor::String
+        | Descriptor::Option(_)
+        | Descriptor::Enum { .. }
+        | Descriptor::Unit => {
+            bail!("The constructor for class `{}` tries to return a JS primitive type, which would cause the return value to be ignored. Use a builder instead (remove the `constructor` attribute).", class);
+        }
+        Descriptor::Result(ref d) | Descriptor::Ref(ref d) | Descriptor::RefMut(ref d) => {
+            verify_constructor_return(class, d)
+        }
+        _ => Ok(()),
+    }
+}
+
 /// Extract all of the `Program`s encoded in our custom section.
 ///
 /// `program_storage` is used to squirrel away the raw bytes of the custom