diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Synthesizer.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Synthesizer.scala
index c94724faf4d4..d244af12dd91 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Synthesizer.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Synthesizer.scala
@@ -379,7 +379,9 @@ class Synthesizer(typer: Typer)(using @constructorOnly c: Context):
                 // avoid type aliases for tuples
                 Right(MirrorSource.GenericTuple(types))
               case _ => reduce(tp.underlying)
-          case tp: MatchType => reduce(tp.normalized)
+          case tp: MatchType =>
+            val n = tp.tryNormalize
+            if n.exists then reduce(n) else Left(i"its subpart `$tp` is an unreducible match type.")
           case _ => reduce(tp.superType)
       case tp @ AndType(l, r) =>
         for
diff --git a/tests/neg/i19198.scala b/tests/neg/i19198.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be4fc1602697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/neg/i19198.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import deriving.Mirror
+import compiletime.summonInline
+
+type DoesNotReduce[T] = T match
+  case String => Any
+
+type DoesNotReduce2[T] <: T = T match
+  case String => T
+
+class Foo
+@main def Test: Unit =
+  summonInline[Mirror.Of[DoesNotReduce[Option[Int]]]] // error
+  summonInline[Mirror.Of[DoesNotReduce2[Option[Int]]]] // error