diff --git a/artiq/compiler/embedding.py b/artiq/compiler/embedding.py
index a5cb2e6e1..7893762a6 100644
--- a/artiq/compiler/embedding.py
+++ b/artiq/compiler/embedding.py
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ class EmbeddingMap:
             "0:TimeoutError",
             "0:TypeError",
             "0:ValueError",
-            "0:ZeroDivisionError"
+            "0:ZeroDivisionError",
+            "0:LinAlgError",
         ])
 
     def preallocate_runtime_exception_names(self, names):
diff --git a/artiq/coredevice/exceptions.py b/artiq/coredevice/exceptions.py
index bcc7ab146..313b2e040 100644
--- a/artiq/coredevice/exceptions.py
+++ b/artiq/coredevice/exceptions.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import builtins
 import linecache
 import re
 import os
+from numpy.linalg import LinAlgError
 
 from artiq import __artiq_dir__ as artiq_dir
 from artiq.coredevice.runtime import source_loader