diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c18859f8f64..aeb6209d955 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug GH-16978 (Avoid unnecessary padding with leading zeros)
     (Saki Takamachi)
 
+- COM:
+  . Fixed bug GH-16991 (Getting typeinfo of non DISPATCH variant segfaults).
+    (cmb)
+
 - Core:
   . Fixed bug GH-16344 (setRawValueWithoutLazyInitialization() and
     skipLazyInitialization() may change initialized proxy). (Arnaud)
diff --git a/ext/com_dotnet/com_typeinfo.c b/ext/com_dotnet/com_typeinfo.c
index 4f6a3309b8c..28306b5609b 100644
--- a/ext/com_dotnet/com_typeinfo.c
+++ b/ext/com_dotnet/com_typeinfo.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ ITypeInfo *php_com_locate_typeinfo(zend_string *type_lib_name, php_com_dotnet_ob
 			if (obj->typeinfo) {
 				ITypeInfo_AddRef(obj->typeinfo);
 				return obj->typeinfo;
-			} else {
+			} else if (V_VT(&obj->v) == VT_DISPATCH) {
 				IDispatch_GetTypeInfo(V_DISPATCH(&obj->v), 0, LANG_NEUTRAL, &typeinfo);
 				if (typeinfo) {
 					return typeinfo;
diff --git a/ext/com_dotnet/tests/gh16991.phpt b/ext/com_dotnet/tests/gh16991.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3623f1f3c4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/com_dotnet/tests/gh16991.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-16991 (Getting typeinfo of non DISPATCH variant segfaults)
+--EXTENSIONS--
+com_dotnet
+--FILE--
+<?php
+com_print_typeinfo(new variant("hello"));
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+Warning: com_print_typeinfo(): Unable to find typeinfo using the parameters supplied in %s on line %d