diff --git a/toolchain/check/cpp/import.cpp b/toolchain/check/cpp/import.cpp
index c33688393a2c..b50c1fe0c5dd 100644
--- a/toolchain/check/cpp/import.cpp
+++ b/toolchain/check/cpp/import.cpp
@@ -1365,14 +1365,13 @@ static auto MakeParamPatternsBlockId(Context& context, SemIR::LocId loc_id,
       clang_decl.getType()->castAs<clang::FunctionProtoType>();
   for (int i : llvm::seq(num_params)) {
     const auto* param = clang_decl.getNonObjectParameter(i);
+    clang::QualType orig_param_type = function_type->getParamType(
+        clang_decl.hasCXXExplicitFunctionObjectParameter() + i);
+
     // The parameter type is decayed but hasn't necessarily had its qualifiers
     // removed.
     // TODO: The presence of qualifiers here is probably a Clang bug.
-    clang::QualType param_type =
-        function_type
-            ->getParamType(clang_decl.hasCXXExplicitFunctionObjectParameter() +
-                           i)
-            .getUnqualifiedType();
+    clang::QualType param_type = orig_param_type.getUnqualifiedType();
 
     // We map `T&` parameters to `addr param: T*`, and `T&&` parameters to
     // `param: T`.
@@ -1391,9 +1390,8 @@ static auto MakeParamPatternsBlockId(Context& context, SemIR::LocId loc_id,
         EndSubpatternAsExpr(context, orig_type_inst_id);
 
     if (!type_id.has_value()) {
-      context.TODO(loc_id,
-                   llvm::formatv("Unsupported: parameter type: {0}",
-                                 function_type->getParamType(i).getAsString()));
+      context.TODO(loc_id, llvm::formatv("Unsupported: parameter type: {0}",
+                                         orig_param_type.getAsString()));
       return SemIR::InstBlockId::None;
     }
 
diff --git a/toolchain/check/testdata/interop/cpp/class/method.carbon b/toolchain/check/testdata/interop/cpp/class/method.carbon
index 30e98c06e100..e8c938447154 100644
--- a/toolchain/check/testdata/interop/cpp/class/method.carbon
+++ b/toolchain/check/testdata/interop/cpp/class/method.carbon
@@ -176,6 +176,24 @@ fn Call(e: Cpp.ExplicitObjectParam, n: i32, a: Cpp.Another) {
   //@dump-sem-ir-end
 }
 
+// --- fail_call_explicit_object_param_with_unsupported_type_param.carbon
+
+library "[[@TEST_NAME]]";
+
+import Cpp inline '''
+struct ExplicitObjectParam {
+  void F(this ExplicitObjectParam, _BitInt(23) x);
+};
+''';
+
+fn Call(e: Cpp.ExplicitObjectParam) {
+  // CHECK:STDERR: fail_call_explicit_object_param_with_unsupported_type_param.carbon:[[@LINE+4]]:3: error: semantics TODO: `Unsupported: parameter type: _BitInt(23)` [SemanticsTodo]
+  // CHECK:STDERR:   e.(Cpp.ExplicitObjectParam.F)(1);
+  // CHECK:STDERR:   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+  // CHECK:STDERR:
+  e.(Cpp.ExplicitObjectParam.F)(1);
+}
+
 // --- explicit_object_param_overloaded.h
 
 struct Another {