diff --git a/src/V3Ast.h b/src/V3Ast.h
index 674c393f9..f990b491c 100644
--- a/src/V3Ast.h
+++ b/src/V3Ast.h
@@ -1891,6 +1891,7 @@ public:
     // For documentation on emitC format see EmitCStmts::emitOpName
     virtual string emitC() = 0;
     virtual string emitSimpleOperator() { return ""; }
+    virtual bool emitCheckMaxWords() { return false; }  // Check VL_MULS_MAX_WORDS
     virtual bool cleanOut() const = 0;  // True if output has extra upper bits zero
     // Someday we will generically support data types on every math node
     // Until then isOpaque indicates we shouldn't constant optimize this node type
diff --git a/src/V3AstNodes.h b/src/V3AstNodes.h
index 474d6a31f..661941ecf 100644
--- a/src/V3AstNodes.h
+++ b/src/V3AstNodes.h
@@ -7151,6 +7151,7 @@ public:
     virtual string emitVerilog() { return "%k(%l %f* %r)"; }
     virtual string emitC() { return "VL_MULS_%nq%lq%rq(%nw,%lw,%rw, %P, %li, %ri)"; }
     virtual string emitSimpleOperator() { return ""; }
+    virtual bool emitCheckMaxWords() { return true; }
     virtual bool cleanOut() const { return false; }
     virtual bool cleanLhs() const { return true; }
     virtual bool cleanRhs() const { return true; }
@@ -7288,6 +7289,7 @@ public:
     }
     virtual string emitVerilog() { return "%k(%l %f** %r)"; }
     virtual string emitC() { return "VL_POW_%nq%lq%rq(%nw,%lw,%rw, %P, %li, %ri)"; }
+    virtual bool emitCheckMaxWords() { return true; }
     virtual bool cleanOut() const { return false; }
     virtual bool cleanLhs() const { return true; }
     virtual bool cleanRhs() const { return true; }
@@ -7333,6 +7335,7 @@ public:
     }
     virtual string emitVerilog() { return "%k(%l %f** %r)"; }
     virtual string emitC() { return "VL_POWSS_%nq%lq%rq(%nw,%lw,%rw, %P, %li, %ri, 1,0)"; }
+    virtual bool emitCheckMaxWords() { return true; }
     virtual bool cleanOut() const { return false; }
     virtual bool cleanLhs() const { return true; }
     virtual bool cleanRhs() const { return true; }
@@ -7356,6 +7359,7 @@ public:
     }
     virtual string emitVerilog() { return "%k(%l %f** %r)"; }
     virtual string emitC() { return "VL_POWSS_%nq%lq%rq(%nw,%lw,%rw, %P, %li, %ri, 1,1)"; }
+    virtual bool emitCheckMaxWords() { return true; }
     virtual bool cleanOut() const { return false; }
     virtual bool cleanLhs() const { return true; }
     virtual bool cleanRhs() const { return true; }
@@ -7379,6 +7383,7 @@ public:
     }
     virtual string emitVerilog() { return "%k(%l %f** %r)"; }
     virtual string emitC() { return "VL_POWSS_%nq%lq%rq(%nw,%lw,%rw, %P, %li, %ri, 0,1)"; }
+    virtual bool emitCheckMaxWords() { return true; }
     virtual bool cleanOut() const { return false; }
     virtual bool cleanLhs() const { return true; }
     virtual bool cleanRhs() const { return true; }
diff --git a/src/V3EmitC.cpp b/src/V3EmitC.cpp
index e8e9a1e8f..2c78bead9 100644
--- a/src/V3EmitC.cpp
+++ b/src/V3EmitC.cpp
@@ -888,6 +888,13 @@ public:
         }
     }
     virtual void visit(AstNodeBiop* nodep) VL_OVERRIDE {
+        if (nodep->emitCheckMaxWords() && nodep->widthWords() > VL_MULS_MAX_WORDS) {
+            nodep->v3warn(
+                E_UNSUPPORTED,
+                "Unsupported: "
+                    << nodep->prettyOperatorName() << " operator of " << nodep->width()
+                    << " bits exceeds hardcoded limit VL_MULS_MAX_WORDS in verilatedos.h");
+        }
         if (emitSimpleOk(nodep)) {
             putbs("(");
             iterateAndNextNull(nodep->lhsp());
@@ -915,56 +922,6 @@ public:
             puts(")");
         }
     }
-    virtual void visit(AstMulS* nodep) VL_OVERRIDE {
-        if (nodep->widthWords() > VL_MULS_MAX_WORDS) {
-            nodep->v3warn(
-                E_UNSUPPORTED,
-                "Unsupported: Signed multiply of "
-                    << nodep->width()
-                    << " bits exceeds hardcoded limit VL_MULS_MAX_WORDS in verilatedos.h");
-        }
-        visit(VN_CAST(nodep, NodeBiop));
-    }
-    virtual void visit(AstPow* nodep) VL_OVERRIDE {
-        if (nodep->widthWords() > VL_MULS_MAX_WORDS) {
-            nodep->v3warn(
-                E_UNSUPPORTED,
-                "Unsupported: Power of "
-                    << nodep->width()
-                    << " bits exceeds hardcoded limit VL_MULS_MAX_WORDS in verilatedos.h");
-        }
-        visit(VN_CAST(nodep, NodeBiop));
-    }
-    virtual void visit(AstPowSS* nodep) VL_OVERRIDE {
-        if (nodep->widthWords() > VL_MULS_MAX_WORDS) {
-            nodep->v3warn(
-                E_UNSUPPORTED,
-                "Unsupported: Power of "
-                    << nodep->width()
-                    << " bits exceeds hardcoded limit VL_MULS_MAX_WORDS in verilatedos.h");
-        }
-        visit(VN_CAST(nodep, NodeBiop));
-    }
-    virtual void visit(AstPowSU* nodep) VL_OVERRIDE {
-        if (nodep->widthWords() > VL_MULS_MAX_WORDS) {
-            nodep->v3warn(
-                E_UNSUPPORTED,
-                "Unsupported: Power of "
-                    << nodep->width()
-                    << " bits exceeds hardcoded limit VL_MULS_MAX_WORDS in verilatedos.h");
-        }
-        visit(VN_CAST(nodep, NodeBiop));
-    }
-    virtual void visit(AstPowUS* nodep) VL_OVERRIDE {
-        if (nodep->widthWords() > VL_MULS_MAX_WORDS) {
-            nodep->v3warn(
-                E_UNSUPPORTED,
-                "Unsupported: Power of "
-                    << nodep->width()
-                    << " bits exceeds hardcoded limit VL_MULS_MAX_WORDS in verilatedos.h");
-        }
-        visit(VN_CAST(nodep, NodeBiop));
-    }
     virtual void visit(AstCCast* nodep) VL_OVERRIDE {
         // Extending a value of the same word width is just a NOP.
         if (nodep->size() <= VL_IDATASIZE) {
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_math_wide_bad.out b/test_regress/t/t_math_wide_bad.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12170466c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_math_wide_bad.out
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+%Error-UNSUPPORTED: t/t_math_wide_bad.v:21:18: Unsupported: operator POWSS operator of 576 bits exceeds hardcoded limit VL_MULS_MAX_WORDS in verilatedos.h
+   21 |    assign z2 = a ** 3;
+      |                  ^~
+%Error-UNSUPPORTED: t/t_math_wide_bad.v:20:17: Unsupported: operator MULS operator of 576 bits exceeds hardcoded limit VL_MULS_MAX_WORDS in verilatedos.h
+   20 |    assign z = a * b;
+      |                 ^
+%Error: Exiting due to
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_math_wide_bad.pl b/test_regress/t/t_math_wide_bad.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9c9fb65a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_math_wide_bad.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+if (!$::Driver) { use FindBin; exec("$FindBin::Bin/bootstrap.pl", @ARGV, $0); die; }
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# Copyright 2010 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you
+# can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
+# Version 2.0.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only OR Artistic-2.0
+
+scenarios(linter => 1);
+
+lint(
+    fails => 1,
+    expect_filename => $Self->{golden_filename},
+    );
+
+ok(1);
+1;
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_math_wide_bad.v b/test_regress/t/t_math_wide_bad.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..222faca7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_math_wide_bad.v
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test module
+//
+// This file ONLY is placed under the Creative Commons Public Domain, for
+// any use, without warranty, 2020 by Wilson Snyder.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+module t (/*AUTOARG*/
+   // Outputs
+   z, z2,
+   // Inputs
+   a, b
+   );
+
+   input signed [17*32 : 0] a;
+   input signed [17*32 : 0] b;
+
+   output signed [17*32 : 0] z;
+   output signed [17*32 : 0] z2;
+
+   assign z = a * b;
+   assign z2 = a ** 3;
+
+endmodule