diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/ConfiguredTargetFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/ConfiguredTargetFactory.java
index 195c5f80eb8724..5ff697252db34b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/ConfiguredTargetFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/analysis/ConfiguredTargetFactory.java
@@ -323,12 +323,6 @@ private ConfiguredTarget createRule(
                     prerequisiteMap.values()))
             .build();
 
-    ConfiguredTarget incompatibleTarget =
-        RuleContextConstraintSemantics.incompatibleConfiguredTarget(ruleContext, prerequisiteMap);
-    if (incompatibleTarget != null) {
-      return incompatibleTarget;
-    }
-
     List<NestedSet<AnalysisFailure>> analysisFailures = depAnalysisFailures(ruleContext);
     if (!analysisFailures.isEmpty()) {
       return erroredConfiguredTargetWithFailures(ruleContext, analysisFailures);
@@ -337,6 +331,12 @@ private ConfiguredTarget createRule(
       return erroredConfiguredTarget(ruleContext);
     }
 
+    ConfiguredTarget incompatibleTarget =
+        RuleContextConstraintSemantics.incompatibleConfiguredTarget(ruleContext, prerequisiteMap);
+    if (incompatibleTarget != null) {
+      return incompatibleTarget;
+    }
+
     try {
       Class<?> missingFragmentClass = null;
       for (Class<?> fragmentClass :
diff --git a/src/test/shell/integration/target_compatible_with_test.sh b/src/test/shell/integration/target_compatible_with_test.sh
index 7d89238299fb60..3766c89e4ae2da 100755
--- a/src/test/shell/integration/target_compatible_with_test.sh
+++ b/src/test/shell/integration/target_compatible_with_test.sh
@@ -192,6 +192,36 @@ function tear_down() {
   bazel shutdown
 }
 
+# Validates that we get a good error message when passing a config_setting into
+# the target_compatible_with attribute. This is a regression test for
+# https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/13250.
+function test_config_setting_in_target_compatible_with() {
+  cat >> target_skipping/BUILD <<EOF
+config_setting(
+    name = "foo3_config_setting",
+    constraint_values = [":foo3"],
+)
+
+sh_binary(
+    name = "problematic_foo3_target",
+    srcs = ["pass.sh"],
+    target_compatible_with = [
+        ":foo3_config_setting",
+    ],
+)
+EOF
+
+  cd target_skipping || fail "couldn't cd into workspace"
+
+  bazel build \
+    --show_result=10 \
+    --host_platform=@//target_skipping:foo3_platform \
+    --platforms=@//target_skipping:foo3_platform \
+    ... &> "${TEST_log}" && fail "Bazel succeeded unexpectedly."
+
+  expect_log "'//target_skipping:foo3_config_setting' does not have mandatory providers: 'ConstraintValueInfo'"
+}
+
 # Validates that the console log provides useful information to the user for
 # builds.
 function test_console_log_for_builds() {