diff --git a/src/V3Width.cpp b/src/V3Width.cpp
index f35bcebb0..1571a7081 100644
--- a/src/V3Width.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Width.cpp
@@ -7675,11 +7675,11 @@ class WidthVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
     // SIGNED/DOUBLE METHODS
 
     AstNodeExpr* checkCvtUS(AstNodeExpr* nodep) {
-        if (nodep && nodep->isDouble()) {
-            nodep->v3error("Expected integral (non-" << nodep->dtypep()->prettyDTypeNameQ()
-                                                     << ") input to "
-                                                     << nodep->backp()->prettyTypeName());
-            nodep = spliceCvtS(nodep, true, 32);
+        if (nodep && nodep->dtypep()->skipRefp()->isDouble()) {
+            nodep->v3warn(REALCVT,
+                          "Implicit conversion of real to integer; expected integral input to "
+                              << nodep->backp()->prettyTypeName());
+            nodep = spliceCvtS(nodep, false, 32);
         }
         return nodep;
     }
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_var_types_bad.out b/test_regress/t/t_var_types_bad.out
index f60d10048..89cb32d5e 100644
--- a/test_regress/t/t_var_types_bad.out
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_var_types_bad.out
@@ -15,11 +15,8 @@
                                  : ... note: In instance 't'
    46 |       d_real[0] = 1'b1;          
       |             ^
-%Error: t/t_var_types_bad.v:46:7: Expected integral (non-'real') input to SEL
-                                : ... note: In instance 't'
-   46 |       d_real[0] = 1'b1;          
-      |       ^~~~~~
-%Warning-REALCVT: t/t_var_types_bad.v:46:7: Implicit conversion of real to integer
+%Warning-REALCVT: t/t_var_types_bad.v:46:7: Implicit conversion of real to integer; expected integral input to SEL
+                                          : ... note: In instance 't'
    46 |       d_real[0] = 1'b1;          
       |       ^~~~~~
                   ... For warning description see https://verilator.org/warn/REALCVT?v=latest
@@ -28,11 +25,8 @@
                                  : ... note: In instance 't'
    47 |       d_realtime[0] = 1'b1;      
       |                 ^
-%Error: t/t_var_types_bad.v:47:7: Expected integral (non-'real') input to SEL
-                                : ... note: In instance 't'
-   47 |       d_realtime[0] = 1'b1;      
-      |       ^~~~~~~~~~
-%Warning-REALCVT: t/t_var_types_bad.v:47:7: Implicit conversion of real to integer
+%Warning-REALCVT: t/t_var_types_bad.v:47:7: Implicit conversion of real to integer; expected integral input to SEL
+                                          : ... note: In instance 't'
    47 |       d_realtime[0] = 1'b1;      
       |       ^~~~~~~~~~
 %Error: Exiting due to