diff --git a/kernels/portable/cpu/op_scatter.cpp b/kernels/portable/cpu/op_scatter.cpp
index 7de0ec4d5f9..965afbb4b66 100644
--- a/kernels/portable/cpu/op_scatter.cpp
+++ b/kernels/portable/cpu/op_scatter.cpp
@@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ Tensor& scatter_value_out(
   constexpr auto name = "scatter.value_out";
 
   ET_SWITCH_REALHBBF16_TYPES(in.scalar_type(), ctx, name, CTYPE, [&]() {
-    const CTYPE val = utils::scalar_to<CTYPE>(value);
+    auto opt_val = utils::internal::check_overflow_scalar_cast<CTYPE>(value);
+    ET_KERNEL_CHECK(ctx, opt_val.has_value(), InvalidArgument, );
+    auto val = opt_val.value();
     scatter_value_helper<CTYPE>(in, dim, index, val, out);
   });
 
diff --git a/kernels/test/op_scatter_test.cpp b/kernels/test/op_scatter_test.cpp
index 0e55aadaeda..dac9017d188 100644
--- a/kernels/test/op_scatter_test.cpp
+++ b/kernels/test/op_scatter_test.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <executorch/kernels/test/FunctionHeaderWrapper.h> // Declares the operator
+#include <executorch/kernels/test/ScalarOverflowTestMacros.h>
 #include <executorch/kernels/test/TestUtil.h>
 #include <executorch/kernels/test/supported_features.h>
 #include <executorch/runtime/core/exec_aten/exec_aten.h>
@@ -364,6 +365,19 @@ class OpScatterValueOutTest : public OperatorTest {
     op_scatter_value_out(input, 2, index, value, out);
     EXPECT_TENSOR_EQ(out, expected);
   }
+
+  template <ScalarType DTYPE>
+  void expect_bad_scalar_value_dies(const Scalar& bad_value) {
+    TensorFactory<DTYPE> tf;
+    TensorFactory<ScalarType::Long> tf_index;
+
+    Tensor self = tf.ones({2, 2});
+    Tensor index = tf_index.zeros({2, 2});
+    Tensor out = tf.zeros({2, 2});
+
+    ET_EXPECT_KERNEL_FAILURE(
+        context_, op_scatter_value_out(self, 0, index, bad_value, out));
+  }
 };
 
 TEST_F(OpScatterSrcOutTest, AllValidInputOutputSupport) {
@@ -652,3 +666,5 @@ TEST_F(OpScatterSrcOutTest, InvalidOneDimInputAndZeroDimIndex) {
   ET_EXPECT_KERNEL_FAILURE(
       context_, op_scatter_src_out(self, 0, index, src, out));
 }
+
+GENERATE_SCALAR_OVERFLOW_TESTS(OpScatterValueOutTest)