diff --git a/cranelift/wasm/src/sections_translator.rs b/cranelift/wasm/src/sections_translator.rs
index 967612178a..a762bd0dfb 100644
--- a/cranelift/wasm/src/sections_translator.rs
+++ b/cranelift/wasm/src/sections_translator.rs
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ pub fn parse_import_section<'data>(
             ImportSectionEntryType::Table(ref tab) => {
                 environ.declare_table_import(
                     Table {
+                        wasm_ty: tab.element_type,
                         ty: match tabletype_to_type(tab.element_type, environ)? {
                             Some(t) => TableElementType::Val(t),
                             None => TableElementType::Func,
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ pub fn parse_table_section(
     for entry in tables {
         let table = entry?;
         environ.declare_table(Table {
+            wasm_ty: table.element_type,
             ty: match tabletype_to_type(table.element_type, environ)? {
                 Some(t) => TableElementType::Val(t),
                 None => TableElementType::Func,
diff --git a/cranelift/wasm/src/translation_utils.rs b/cranelift/wasm/src/translation_utils.rs
index 2b2a7af68f..d799027903 100644
--- a/cranelift/wasm/src/translation_utils.rs
+++ b/cranelift/wasm/src/translation_utils.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //! Helper functions and structures for the translation.
-use crate::environ::{TargetEnvironment, WasmResult};
+use crate::environ::{TargetEnvironment, WasmResult, WasmType};
 use crate::state::ModuleTranslationState;
 use crate::wasm_unsupported;
 use core::u32;
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ pub enum GlobalInit {
 /// WebAssembly table.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Hash, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Table {
-    /// The type of data stored in elements of the table.
+    /// The table elements' Wasm type.
+    pub wasm_ty: WasmType,
+    /// The table elements' Cranelift type.
     pub ty: TableElementType,
     /// The minimum number of elements in the table.
     pub minimum: u32,
diff --git a/crates/jit/src/imports.rs b/crates/jit/src/imports.rs
index cf0f497e15..5694daa36d 100644
--- a/crates/jit/src/imports.rs
+++ b/crates/jit/src/imports.rs
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ fn is_table_compatible(exported: &TablePlan, imported: &TablePlan) -> bool {
     let TablePlan {
         table:
             Table {
+                wasm_ty: exported_wasm_ty,
                 ty: exported_ty,
                 minimum: exported_minimum,
                 maximum: exported_maximum,
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ fn is_table_compatible(exported: &TablePlan, imported: &TablePlan) -> bool {
     let TablePlan {
         table:
             Table {
+                wasm_ty: imported_wasm_ty,
                 ty: imported_ty,
                 minimum: imported_minimum,
                 maximum: imported_maximum,
@@ -217,7 +219,8 @@ fn is_table_compatible(exported: &TablePlan, imported: &TablePlan) -> bool {
         style: _imported_style,
     } = imported;
 
-    is_table_element_type_compatible(*exported_ty, *imported_ty)
+    exported_wasm_ty == imported_wasm_ty
+        && is_table_element_type_compatible(*exported_ty, *imported_ty)
         && imported_minimum <= exported_minimum
         && (imported_maximum.is_none()
             || (!exported_maximum.is_none()