diff --git a/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm.h b/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm.h
index d56ef3b3..66d73fbe 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm.h
+++ b/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm.h
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ typedef struct WASMTagImport {
     char *field_name;
     uint8 attribute; /* the type of the tag (numerical) */
     uint32 type;     /* the type of the catch function (numerical)*/
-    WASMType *tag_type;
+    WASMFuncType *tag_type;
     void *tag_ptr_linked;
 
 #if WASM_ENABLE_MULTI_MODULE != 0
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ struct WASMFunction {
 struct WASMTag {
     uint8 attribute; /* the attribute property of the tag (expected to be 0) */
     uint32 type; /* the type of the tag (expected valid inden in type table) */
-    WASMType *tag_type;
+    WASMFuncType *tag_type;
 };
 #endif
 
diff --git a/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm_interp_classic.c b/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm_interp_classic.c
index e742d937..f7193c95 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm_interp_classic.c
+++ b/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm_interp_classic.c
@@ -1612,7 +1612,7 @@ wasm_interp_call_func_bytecode(WASMModuleInstance *module,
             /* landing pad for the rethrow ? */
             find_a_catch_handler:
             {
-                WASMType *tag_type = NULL;
+                WASMFuncType *tag_type = NULL;
                 uint32 cell_num_to_copy = 0;
                 if (IS_INVALID_TAGINDEX(exception_tag_index)) {
                     /*
diff --git a/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm_loader.c b/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm_loader.c
index fd447ec3..6f123843 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm_loader.c
+++ b/core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm_loader.c
@@ -2919,7 +2919,8 @@ load_tag_import(const uint8 **p_buf, const uint8 *buf_end,
         goto fail;
     }
 
-    WASMType *declare_tag_type = parent_module->types[declare_type_index];
+    WASMFuncType *declare_tag_type =
+        (WASMFuncType *)parent_module->types[declare_type_index];
 
     /* check, that the type of the declared tag returns void */
     if (declare_tag_type->result_count != 0) {
@@ -4806,7 +4807,7 @@ load_tag_section(const uint8 *buf, const uint8 *buf_end, const uint8 *buf_code,
 
             /* get return type (must be 0) */
             /* check, that the type of the referred tag returns void */
-            WASMType *func_type = (WASMType *)module->types[tag_type];
+            WASMFuncType *func_type = (WASMFuncType *)module->types[tag_type];
             if (func_type->result_count != 0) {
                 set_error_buf(error_buf, error_buf_size,
                               "non-empty tag result type");
@@ -11122,7 +11123,7 @@ re_scan:
 
                 /* the tag_type is stored in either the WASMTag (section tags)
                  * or WASMTagImport (import tag) */
-                WASMType *tag_type = NULL;
+                WASMFuncType *tag_type = NULL;
                 if (tag_index < module->import_tag_count) {
                     tag_type = module->import_tags[tag_index].u.tag.tag_type;
                 }
@@ -11145,11 +11146,36 @@ re_scan:
                 /* Check stack values match return types by comparing tag param
                  * types with stack cells */
                 uint8 *frame_ref = loader_ctx->frame_ref;
+#if WASM_ENABLE_GC != 0
+                WASMRefTypeMap *frame_reftype_map =
+                    loader_ctx->frame_reftype_map;
+                uint32 frame_reftype_map_num = loader_ctx->reftype_map_num;
+                param_reftype_maps = tag_type->ref_type_maps;
+                /* For tag_type function, it shouldn't have result_count = 0 */
+                param_reftype_map_count = tag_type->ref_type_map_count;
+                param_count = (int32)tag_type->param_count;
+#endif
+
                 for (int tti = (int32)tag_type->param_count - 1; tti >= 0;
                      tti--) {
+#if WASM_ENABLE_GC != 0
+                    local_type = tag_type->types[tti];
+                    local_idx = tti;
+                    /* Get the wasm_ref_type if the local_type is multibyte
+                     * type */
+                    GET_LOCAL_REFTYPE();
+#endif
+
                     if (!check_stack_top_values(
                             loader_ctx, frame_ref, available_stack_cell,
-                            tag_type->types[tti], error_buf, error_buf_size)) {
+#if WASM_ENABLE_GC != 0
+                            frame_reftype_map, frame_reftype_map_num,
+#endif
+                            tag_type->types[tti],
+#if WASM_ENABLE_GC != 0
+                            &wasm_ref_type,
+#endif
+                            error_buf, error_buf_size)) {
                         snprintf(error_buf, error_buf_size,
                                  "type mismatch: instruction requires [%s] but "
                                  "stack has [%s]",
@@ -11232,7 +11258,7 @@ re_scan:
 
                 /* the tag_type is stored in either the WASMTag (section tags)
                  * or WASMTagImport (import tag) */
-                WASMType *func_type = NULL;
+                WASMFuncType *func_type = NULL;
                 if (tag_index < module->import_tag_count) {
                     func_type = module->import_tags[tag_index].u.tag.tag_type;
                 }