diff --git a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Elvis.java b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Elvis.java
index 64f1ec7ded3..c3ebc93ac21 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Elvis.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Elvis.java
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ public class Elvis extends SpelNodeImpl {
 
 	@Override
 	public void generateCode(MethodVisitor mv, CodeFlow cf) {
+		// If both elements are literals and the expression was not previously
+		// evaluated in interpreted mode, we may get here without the exit descriptor
+		// having been computed, so we must ensure the exit descriptor has been
+		// computed before proceeding.
+		computeExitTypeDescriptor();
+
 		Label elseTarget = new Label();
 		Label endOfIf = new Label();
 
diff --git a/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelCompilationCoverageTests.java b/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelCompilationCoverageTests.java
index 1d0727ec44d..0ecf23aca17 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelCompilationCoverageTests.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelCompilationCoverageTests.java
@@ -1470,6 +1470,23 @@ public class SpelCompilationCoverageTests extends AbstractExpressionTests {
 			assertThat(getAst().getExitDescriptor()).isEqualTo("Ljava/lang/String");
 		}
 
+		@Test
+		void elvisWithImmediateCompilation() {
+			expression = parser.parseExpression("'a' ?: 'b'");
+			// Both literals, so we can compile immediately without having previously
+			// evaluated the expression.
+			assertCanCompile(expression);
+			assertThat(expression.getValue(String.class)).isEqualTo("a");
+			assertThat(getAst().getExitDescriptor()).isEqualTo("Ljava/lang/String");
+
+			expression = parser.parseExpression("null ?: 'a'");
+			// Both literals, so we can compile immediately without having previously
+			// evaluated the expression.
+			assertCanCompile(expression);
+			assertThat(expression.getValue(String.class)).isEqualTo("a");
+			assertThat(getAst().getExitDescriptor()).isEqualTo("Ljava/lang/Object");
+		}
+
 		@Test  // gh-19758
 		void elvisMiscellaneous() {
 			SpelParserConfiguration configuration = new SpelParserConfiguration(SpelCompilerMode.IMMEDIATE, null);