diff --git a/kernels/portable/cpu/op_add.cpp b/kernels/portable/cpu/op_add.cpp
index 83642c4864d..e10534cd233 100644
--- a/kernels/portable/cpu/op_add.cpp
+++ b/kernels/portable/cpu/op_add.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ Tensor& add_out(
   static constexpr const char op_name[] = "add.out";
 
   ET_SWITCH_REALB_TYPES(compute_type, ctx, op_name, CTYPE_COMPUTE, [&]() {
-    const CTYPE_COMPUTE val_alpha = utils::scalar_to<CTYPE_COMPUTE>(alpha);
+    CTYPE_COMPUTE val_alpha;
+    ET_KERNEL_CHECK(
+        ctx, utils::extract_scalar(alpha, &val_alpha), InvalidArgument, );
     utils::apply_bitensor_elementwise_fn<
         CTYPE_COMPUTE,
         op_name,
@@ -103,7 +105,9 @@ Tensor& add_scalar_out(
 
   ET_SWITCH_REALB_TYPES(compute_type, ctx, op_name, CTYPE_COMPUTE, [&]() {
     CTYPE_COMPUTE val_b = utils::scalar_to<CTYPE_COMPUTE>(b);
-    CTYPE_COMPUTE val_alpha = utils::scalar_to<CTYPE_COMPUTE>(alpha);
+    CTYPE_COMPUTE val_alpha;
+    ET_KERNEL_CHECK(
+        ctx, utils::extract_scalar(alpha, &val_alpha), InvalidArgument, );
     auto val_alpha_times_b = val_alpha * val_b;
     utils::apply_unitensor_elementwise_fn<
         CTYPE_COMPUTE,
diff --git a/kernels/test/op_add_test.cpp b/kernels/test/op_add_test.cpp
index c84341aa9b1..8af693e1b3e 100644
--- a/kernels/test/op_add_test.cpp
+++ b/kernels/test/op_add_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>
@@ -15,8 +16,6 @@
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
-#include <iostream>
-
 using namespace ::testing;
 using executorch::aten::Scalar;
 using executorch::aten::ScalarType;
@@ -231,6 +230,27 @@ class OpAddOutKernelTest : public OperatorTest {
     EXPECT_TENSOR_CLOSE(op_add_out(a, b, 1.0, out), expected);
     EXPECT_TENSOR_CLOSE(op_add_out(b, a, 1.0, out), expected);
   }
+
+  template <ScalarType DTYPE>
+  void expect_bad_alpha_value_dies(const Scalar& bad_value) {
+    TensorFactory<DTYPE> tf;
+    Tensor a = tf.ones({2, 2});
+    Tensor b = tf.ones({2, 2});
+    Tensor out = tf.zeros({2, 2});
+
+    ET_EXPECT_KERNEL_FAILURE(context_, op_add_out(a, b, bad_value, out));
+  }
+
+  // The GENERATE_SCALAR_OVERFLOW_TESTS macro used to generate scalar overflow
+  // test cases requires a method called expect_bad_scalar_value_dies. However,
+  // for add operation, these checks only apply to the alpha argument.
+  // We are being explicit about this by naming the above function
+  // expect_bad_alpha_value_dies, and creating this wrapper in order to use the
+  // macro.
+  template <ScalarType DTYPE>
+  void expect_bad_scalar_value_dies(const Scalar& bad_value) {
+    expect_bad_alpha_value_dies<DTYPE>(bad_value);
+  }
 };
 
 class OpAddScalarOutKernelTest : public OperatorTest {
@@ -242,6 +262,27 @@ class OpAddScalarOutKernelTest : public OperatorTest {
       Tensor& out) {
     return torch::executor::aten::add_outf(context_, self, other, alpha, out);
   }
+
+  template <ScalarType DTYPE>
+  void expect_bad_alpha_value_dies(const Scalar& bad_value) {
+    TensorFactory<DTYPE> tf;
+    Tensor a = tf.ones({2, 2});
+    Scalar b = 1;
+    Tensor out = tf.zeros({2, 2});
+
+    ET_EXPECT_KERNEL_FAILURE(context_, op_add_scalar_out(a, b, bad_value, out));
+  }
+
+  // The GENERATE_SCALAR_OVERFLOW_TESTS macro used to generate scalar overflow
+  // test cases requires a method called expect_bad_scalar_value_dies. However,
+  // for the add operation, these checks only apply to the alpha argument.
+  // We are being explicit about this by naming the above function
+  // expect_bad_alpha_value_dies, and creating this wrapper in order to use the
+  // macro.
+  template <ScalarType DTYPE>
+  void expect_bad_scalar_value_dies(const Scalar& bad_value) {
+    expect_bad_alpha_value_dies<DTYPE>(bad_value);
+  }
 };
 
 /**
@@ -794,3 +835,26 @@ TEST_F(OpAddScalarOutKernelTest, DtypeTest_float16_bool_int_float16) {
   op_add_scalar_out(self, other, alpha, out);
   EXPECT_TENSOR_CLOSE(out, out_expected);
 }
+
+TEST_F(OpAddOutKernelTest, ByteTensorFloatingPointAlphaDies) {
+  // Cannot be represented by a uint8_t.
+  expect_bad_alpha_value_dies<ScalarType::Byte>(2.2);
+}
+
+TEST_F(OpAddOutKernelTest, IntTensorFloatingPointAlphaDies) {
+  // Cannot be represented by a uint32_t.
+  expect_bad_alpha_value_dies<ScalarType::Int>(2.2);
+}
+
+TEST_F(OpAddScalarOutKernelTest, ByteTensorFloatingPointAlphaDies) {
+  // Cannot be represented by a uint8_t.
+  expect_bad_alpha_value_dies<ScalarType::Byte>(2.2);
+}
+
+TEST_F(OpAddScalarOutKernelTest, IntTensorFloatingPointAlphaDies) {
+  // Cannot be represented by a uint32_t.
+  expect_bad_alpha_value_dies<ScalarType::Int>(2.2);
+}
+
+GENERATE_SCALAR_OVERFLOW_TESTS(OpAddOutKernelTest)
+GENERATE_SCALAR_OVERFLOW_TESTS(OpAddScalarOutKernelTest)