diff --git a/flang/lib/Evaluate/intrinsics.cpp b/flang/lib/Evaluate/intrinsics.cpp
index ea33034f47c0a16..69ae69bb35fc008 100644
--- a/flang/lib/Evaluate/intrinsics.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Evaluate/intrinsics.cpp
@@ -2036,11 +2036,16 @@ std::optional<SpecificCall> IntrinsicInterface::Match(
       if (!sameArg) {
         sameArg = arg;
       }
-      // Check both ways so that a CLASS(*) actuals to
-      // MOVE_ALLOC and EOSHIFT both work.
       auto sameType{sameArg->GetType().value()};
-      argOk = sameType.IsTkLenCompatibleWith(*type) ||
-          type->IsTkLenCompatibleWith(sameType);
+      if (name == "move_alloc"s) {
+        // second argument can be more general
+        argOk = type->IsTkLenCompatibleWith(sameType);
+      } else if (name == "merge"s) {
+        argOk = type->IsTkLenCompatibleWith(sameType) &&
+            sameType.IsTkLenCompatibleWith(*type);
+      } else {
+        argOk = sameType.IsTkLenCompatibleWith(*type);
+      }
     } break;
     case KindCode::sameKind:
       if (!sameArg) {
diff --git a/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-names.cpp b/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-names.cpp
index cb95db89ca08e62..c4562727f09b3f4 100644
--- a/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-names.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-names.cpp
@@ -9746,7 +9746,7 @@ void ResolveNamesVisitor::ResolveSpecificationParts(ProgramTree &node) {
       },
       node.stmt());
   Walk(node.spec());
-  bool inDeviceSubprogram = false;
+  bool inDeviceSubprogram{false};
   // If this is a function, convert result to an object. This is to prevent the
   // result from being converted later to a function symbol if it is called
   // inside the function.
diff --git a/flang/test/Semantics/bug124976.f90 b/flang/test/Semantics/bug124976.f90
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..29c21d4ead84751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flang/test/Semantics/bug124976.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+!RUN: %python %S/test_errors.py %s %flang_fc1
+program main
+  type base
+    integer :: x = 1
+  end type
+  type, extends(base) :: child
+    integer :: y = 2
+  end type
+  class(child), allocatable :: c1(:), c2(:,:)
+  class(base), allocatable :: b1(:), b2(:,:)
+  logical var(1)
+  common /blk/ var
+  allocate(c1(2), c2(2,2), b1(2), b2(2,2))
+  !ERROR: Actual argument for 'pad=' has bad type or kind 'CLASS(base)'
+  c2 = reshape(c1, shape(c2), pad=b1)
+  b2 = reshape(b1, shape(b2), pad=c1) ! ok
+  !ERROR: Actual argument for 'to=' has bad type or kind 'CLASS(child)'
+  call move_alloc(b1, c1)
+  call move_alloc(c1, b1) ! ok
+  !ERROR: Actual argument for 'boundary=' has bad type or kind 'CLASS(base)'
+  c1 = eoshift(c1, 1, b1(1))
+  c1 = eoshift(c1, 1, c2(1,1)) ! ok
+  b1 = eoshift(b1, 1, c1(1)) ! ok
+  !ERROR: Actual argument for 'fsource=' has bad type or kind 'CLASS(child)'
+  b1 = merge(b1, c1, var(1))
+  !ERROR: Actual argument for 'fsource=' has bad type or kind 'CLASS(base)'
+  b1 = merge(c1, b1, var(1))
+  b1 = merge(b1, b1, var(1)) ! ok
+  !ERROR: Actual argument for 'vector=' has bad type or kind 'CLASS(base)'
+  c1 = pack(c1, var, b1)
+  c1 = pack(c1, var, c1) ! ok
+  b1 = pack(b1, var, c1) ! ok
+end