diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/reflect.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/reflect.go
index 4e20dbf29ea..e22fabb4108 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/reflect.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/reflectdata/reflect.go
@@ -1384,6 +1384,7 @@ func WriteBasicTypes() {
 		}
 		writeType(types.NewPtr(types.Types[types.TSTRING]))
 		writeType(types.NewPtr(types.Types[types.TUNSAFEPTR]))
+		writeType(types.AnyType)
 
 		// emit type structs for error and func(error) string.
 		// The latter is the type of an auto-generated wrapper.
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue49619.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue49619.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9f3cbc4ad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue49619.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// build
+
+// Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// This testcase caused a linker crash in DWARF generation.
+
+package main
+
+//go:noinline
+func f() any {
+	var a []any
+	return a[0]
+}
+
+func main() {
+	f()
+}