diff --git a/include/boost/variant2/variant.hpp b/include/boost/variant2/variant.hpp
index 5515600..e6c24d2 100644
--- a/include/boost/variant2/variant.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/variant2/variant.hpp
@@ -651,12 +651,16 @@ template<class... T> struct variant_base_impl<true, true, T...>
 
     template<std::size_t J, class U, bool B, class... A> BOOST_CXX14_CONSTEXPR void emplace_impl( mp11::mp_true, mp11::mp_bool<B>, A&&... a )
     {
+        static_assert( std::is_nothrow_constructible<U, A&&...>::value, "Logic error: U must be nothrow constructible from A&&" );
+
         st1_.emplace( mp11::mp_size_t<J>(), std::forward<A>(a)... );
         ix_ = J;
     }
 
     template<std::size_t J, class U, class... A> BOOST_CXX14_CONSTEXPR void emplace_impl( mp11::mp_false, mp11::mp_true, A&&... a )
     {
+        static_assert( std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<U>::value, "Logic error: U must be nothrow move constructible" );
+
         U tmp( std::forward<A>(a)... );
 
         st1_.emplace( mp11::mp_size_t<J>(), std::move(tmp) );
@@ -665,34 +669,24 @@ template<class... T> struct variant_base_impl<true, true, T...>
 
     template<std::size_t J, class U, class... A> void emplace_impl( mp11::mp_false, mp11::mp_false, A&&... a )
     {
-        if( can_be_valueless<T...>::value )
+        static_assert( can_be_valueless<T...>::value, "Logic error: T... must have a fallback type" );
+
+        std::size_t const K = valueless_index<T...>::value;
+
+        static_assert( K < sizeof...(T), "Logic error: T... must have a fallback index" );
+
+        try
         {
-            std::size_t const K = valueless_index<T...>::value;
-
-            assert( K < sizeof...(T) );
-
-            try
-            {
-                st1_.emplace( mp11::mp_size_t<J>(), std::forward<A>(a)... );
-                ix_ = J;
-            }
-            catch( ... )
-            {
-                st1_.emplace( mp11::mp_size_t<K+1>() );
-                ix_ = K+1;
-
-                throw;
-            }
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            assert( std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<U>::value );
-
-            U tmp( std::forward<A>(a)... );
-
-            st1_.emplace( mp11::mp_size_t<J>(), std::move(tmp) );
+            st1_.emplace( mp11::mp_size_t<J>(), std::forward<A>(a)... );
             ix_ = J;
         }
+        catch( ... )
+        {
+            st1_.emplace( mp11::mp_size_t<K+1>() );
+            ix_ = K+1;
+
+            throw;
+        }
     }
 
     template<std::size_t I, class... A> BOOST_CXX14_CONSTEXPR void emplace( A&&... a )
@@ -700,7 +694,10 @@ template<class... T> struct variant_base_impl<true, true, T...>
         std::size_t const J = I+1;
         using U = mp11::mp_at_c<variant<T...>, I>;
 
-        this->emplace_impl<J, U>( std::is_nothrow_constructible<U, A&&...>(), mp11::mp_all<detail::is_trivially_move_constructible<U>, detail::is_trivially_move_assignable<T>...>(), std::forward<A>(a)... );
+        constexpr bool B1 = can_be_valueless<T...>::value;
+        constexpr bool B2 = mp11::mp_all<detail::is_trivially_move_constructible<U>, detail::is_trivially_move_assignable<T>...>::value;
+
+        this->emplace_impl<J, U>( std::is_nothrow_constructible<U, A&&...>(), mp11::mp_bool<B2 || !B1>(), std::forward<A>(a)... );
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/test/variant_emplace_type.cpp b/test/variant_emplace_type.cpp
index 4189bbb..d7d86ee 100644
--- a/test/variant_emplace_type.cpp
+++ b/test/variant_emplace_type.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ STATIC_ASSERT( !std::is_nothrow_move_constructible<X2>::value );
 STATIC_ASSERT( !std::is_nothrow_copy_assignable<X2>::value );
 STATIC_ASSERT( !std::is_nothrow_move_assignable<X2>::value );
 
+struct Y1
+{
+};
+
+struct Guard
+{
+    explicit Guard(int) {}
+    Guard(Guard&&) = delete;
+};
+
 int main()
 {
     {
@@ -165,5 +175,10 @@ int main()
         BOOST_TEST_EQ( get<0>(v).v, 4 );
     }
 
+    {
+        variant<Y1, Guard> v;
+        v.emplace<Guard>( 1 );
+    }
+
     return boost::report_errors();
 }