diff --git a/src/de.rs b/src/de.rs
index c4d65518..24249324 100644
--- a/src/de.rs
+++ b/src/de.rs
@@ -557,12 +557,14 @@ where
 }
 
 fn invalid_type(event: &Event, exp: &Expected) -> Error {
+    enum Void {}
+
     struct InvalidType<'a> {
         exp: &'a Expected,
     }
 
     impl<'de, 'a> Visitor<'de> for InvalidType<'a> {
-        type Value = Error;
+        type Value = Void;
 
         fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
             self.exp.fmt(formatter)
@@ -573,7 +575,10 @@ fn invalid_type(event: &Event, exp: &Expected) -> Error {
         Event::Alias(_) => unreachable!(),
         Event::Scalar(ref v, style, ref tag) => {
             let get_type = InvalidType { exp: exp };
-            visit_scalar(v, style, tag, get_type).unwrap()
+            match visit_scalar(v, style, tag, get_type) {
+                Ok(void) => match void {},
+                Err(invalid_type) => invalid_type,
+            }
         }
         Event::SequenceStart => de::Error::invalid_type(Unexpected::Seq, exp),
         Event::MappingStart => de::Error::invalid_type(Unexpected::Map, exp),
diff --git a/tests/test_error.rs b/tests/test_error.rs
index 17405f34..796d9ba1 100644
--- a/tests/test_error.rs
+++ b/tests/test_error.rs
@@ -245,3 +245,15 @@ fn test_no_location() {
 
     assert_eq!(utf8_location.is_none(), true);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_invalid_scalar_type() {
+    #[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+    struct S {
+        x: [(); 1],
+    }
+
+    let yaml = "x:\n";
+    let expected = "x: invalid type: unit value, expected an array of length 1 at line 2 column 1";
+    test_error::<S>(yaml, expected);
+}