diff --git a/src/Parsers/ExpressionElementParsers.cpp b/src/Parsers/ExpressionElementParsers.cpp
index 61b5723072e..130a5fbb4ca 100644
--- a/src/Parsers/ExpressionElementParsers.cpp
+++ b/src/Parsers/ExpressionElementParsers.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ bool ParserSubquery::parseImpl(Pos & pos, ASTPtr & node, Expected & expected)
         const ASTPtr & explained_ast = explain_query.getExplainedQuery();
         if (explained_ast)
         {
+            if (!explained_ast->as<ASTSelectWithUnionQuery>())
+                throw Exception(ErrorCodes::BAD_ARGUMENTS, "EXPLAIN inside subquery supports only SELECT queries");
+
             auto view_explain = makeASTFunction("viewExplain",
                 std::make_shared<ASTLiteral>(kind_str),
                 std::make_shared<ASTLiteral>(settings_str),
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03273_select_from_explain_ast_non_select.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03273_select_from_explain_ast_non_select.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..83830f7b448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03273_select_from_explain_ast_non_select.reference
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+SelectWithUnionQuery (children 1)
+ ExpressionList (children 1)
+  SelectQuery (children 2)
+   ExpressionList (children 1)
+    Asterisk
+   TablesInSelectQuery (children 1)
+    TablesInSelectQueryElement (children 1)
+     TableExpression (children 1)
+      Function numbers (children 1)
+       ExpressionList (children 1)
+        Literal UInt64_10
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03273_select_from_explain_ast_non_select.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03273_select_from_explain_ast_non_select.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7298186414b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03273_select_from_explain_ast_non_select.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+SELECT * FROM ( EXPLAIN AST SELECT * FROM numbers(10) );
+SELECT * FROM ( EXPLAIN AST CREATE TABLE test ENGINE=Memory ); -- {clientError BAD_ARGUMENTS}
+SELECT * FROM ( EXPLAIN AST CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW mv (data String) AS SELECT data FROM table ); -- {clientError BAD_ARGUMENTS}
+SELECT * FROM ( EXPLAIN AST INSERT INTO TABLE test VALUES); -- {clientError BAD_ARGUMENTS}
+SELECT * FROM ( EXPLAIN AST ALTER TABLE test MODIFY COLUMN x UInt32 ); -- {clientError BAD_ARGUMENTS}