diff --git a/src/front/glsl/context.rs b/src/front/glsl/context.rs
index 781c9c7677..5675775dba 100644
--- a/src/front/glsl/context.rs
+++ b/src/front/glsl/context.rs
@@ -1279,6 +1279,25 @@ impl Context {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    pub fn forced_conversion(
+        &mut self,
+        parser: &Parser,
+        expr: &mut Handle<Expression>,
+        meta: Span,
+        kind: ScalarKind,
+        width: crate::Bytes,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        if let Some((expr_scalar_kind, expr_width)) =
+            self.expr_scalar_components(parser, *expr, meta)?
+        {
+            if expr_scalar_kind != kind || expr_width != width {
+                self.conversion(expr, meta, kind, width)?;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub fn binary_implicit_conversion(
         &mut self,
         parser: &Parser,
diff --git a/src/front/glsl/functions.rs b/src/front/glsl/functions.rs
index a6dd97e999..5989a8bbd9 100644
--- a/src/front/glsl/functions.rs
+++ b/src/front/glsl/functions.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ impl Parser {
 
         Ok(match self.module.types[ty].inner {
             TypeInner::Vector { size, kind, width } if vector_size.is_none() => {
-                ctx.implicit_conversion(self, &mut value, meta, kind, width)?;
+                ctx.forced_conversion(self, &mut value, expr_meta, kind, width)?;
 
                 if let TypeInner::Scalar { .. } = *self.resolve_type(ctx, value, expr_meta)? {
                     ctx.add_expression(Expression::Splat { size, value }, meta, body)
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ impl Parser {
         // `Expression::As` doesn't support matrix width
         // casts so we need to do some extra work for casts
 
-        ctx.implicit_conversion(self, &mut value, expr_meta, ScalarKind::Float, width)?;
+        ctx.forced_conversion(self, &mut value, expr_meta, ScalarKind::Float, width)?;
         match *self.resolve_type(ctx, value, expr_meta)? {
             TypeInner::Scalar { .. } => {
                 // If a matrix is constructed with a single scalar value, then that
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ impl Parser {
         let mut components = Vec::with_capacity(size as usize);
 
         for (mut arg, expr_meta) in args.iter().copied() {
-            ctx.implicit_conversion(self, &mut arg, expr_meta, kind, width)?;
+            ctx.forced_conversion(self, &mut arg, expr_meta, kind, width)?;
 
             if components.len() >= size as usize {
                 break;
@@ -512,10 +512,7 @@ impl Parser {
                 let mut flattened = Vec::with_capacity(columns as usize * rows as usize);
 
                 for (mut arg, meta) in args.iter().copied() {
-                    let scalar_components = scalar_components(&self.module.types[ty].inner);
-                    if let Some((kind, width)) = scalar_components {
-                        ctx.implicit_conversion(self, &mut arg, meta, kind, width)?;
-                    }
+                    ctx.forced_conversion(self, &mut arg, meta, ScalarKind::Float, width)?;
 
                     match *self.resolve_type(ctx, arg, meta)? {
                         TypeInner::Vector { size, .. } => {
diff --git a/tests/in/glsl/expressions.frag b/tests/in/glsl/expressions.frag
index 66a5c0f252..777b0b973a 100644
--- a/tests/in/glsl/expressions.frag
+++ b/tests/in/glsl/expressions.frag
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ void testFreestandingConstructor() {
     vec4(1.0);
 }
 
+void testNonImplicitCastVectorCast() {
+    uint a = 1;
+    ivec4 b = ivec4(a);
+}
+
 float global;
 void privatePointer(inout float a) {}
 
diff --git a/tests/out/wgsl/expressions-frag.wgsl b/tests/out/wgsl/expressions-frag.wgsl
index f487aae834..7853803e1c 100644
--- a/tests/out/wgsl/expressions-frag.wgsl
+++ b/tests/out/wgsl/expressions-frag.wgsl
@@ -286,7 +286,16 @@ fn testFreestandingConstructor() {
     return;
 }
 
-fn privatePointer(a_18: ptr<function, f32>) {
+fn testNonImplicitCastVectorCast() {
+    var a_18: u32 = 1u;
+    var b_16: vec4<i32>;
+
+    let _e3 = a_18;
+    b_16 = vec4<i32>(i32(_e3));
+    return;
+}
+
+fn privatePointer(a_19: ptr<function, f32>) {
     return;
 }