diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/item_selection.c b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/item_selection.c
index e935a27edb6c..c1d4a9508158 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/item_selection.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/item_selection.c
@@ -968,6 +968,7 @@ PyArray_Choose(PyArrayObject *ip, PyObject *op, PyArrayObject *out,
     PyArrayObject **mps, *ap;
     PyArrayMultiIterObject *multi = NULL;
     npy_intp mi;
+    NPY_cast_info cast_info = {.func = NULL};
     ap = NULL;
 
     /*
@@ -1045,7 +1046,6 @@ PyArray_Choose(PyArrayObject *ip, PyObject *op, PyArrayObject *out,
     npy_intp transfer_strides[2] = {elsize, elsize};
     npy_intp one = 1;
     NPY_ARRAYMETHOD_FLAGS transfer_flags = 0;
-    NPY_cast_info cast_info = {.func = NULL};
     if (PyDataType_REFCHK(dtype)) {
         int is_aligned = IsUintAligned(obj);
         PyArray_GetDTypeTransferFunction(
diff --git a/numpy/core/tests/test_multiarray.py b/numpy/core/tests/test_multiarray.py
index 966b75cc122d..2836c8985c94 100644
--- a/numpy/core/tests/test_multiarray.py
+++ b/numpy/core/tests/test_multiarray.py
@@ -10043,3 +10043,9 @@ def test_gh_22683():
     np.choose(np.zeros(10000, dtype=int), [a], out=a)
     refc_end = sys.getrefcount(b)
     assert refc_end - refc_start < 10
+
+
+def test_gh_24459():
+    a = np.zeros((50, 3), dtype=np.float64)
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        np.choose(a, [3, -1])