diff --git a/mlir/lib/Pass/PassManagerOptions.cpp b/mlir/lib/Pass/PassManagerOptions.cpp
index dd119a75f4069..305bf72bb4799 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Pass/PassManagerOptions.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Pass/PassManagerOptions.cpp
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ LogicalResult mlir::applyPassManagerCLOptions(PassManager &pm) {
   if (!options.isConstructed())
     return failure();
 
+  if (options->reproducerFile.getNumOccurrences() && options->localReproducer &&
+      pm.getContext()->isMultithreadingEnabled()) {
+    emitError(UnknownLoc::get(pm.getContext()))
+        << "Local crash reproduction may not be used without disabling "
+           "mutli-threading first.";
+    return failure();
+  }
+
   // Generate a reproducer on crash/failure.
   if (options->reproducerFile.getNumOccurrences())
     pm.enableCrashReproducerGeneration(options->reproducerFile,
diff --git a/mlir/test/mlir-opt/local-reproducer-with-threading.mlir b/mlir/test/mlir-opt/local-reproducer-with-threading.mlir
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8e94f4edb91bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/test/mlir-opt/local-reproducer-with-threading.mlir
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Test that attempting to create a local crash reproducer without disabling threading
+// prints an error from the pass manager (as opposed to crashing with a stack trace).
+
+// RUN: mlir-opt --verify-diagnostics --mlir-pass-pipeline-local-reproducer \
+// RUN:          --mlir-pass-pipeline-crash-reproducer=%t %s
+
+// expected-error@unknown {{Local crash reproduction may not be used without disabling mutli-threading first.}}