diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/legend.py b/lib/matplotlib/legend.py
index 20d4a76e0db3..fb18bb34fb8f 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/legend.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/legend.py
@@ -1261,6 +1261,10 @@ def _parse_legend_args(axs, *args, handles=None, labels=None, **kwargs):
handles, labels = args[:2]
extra_args = args[2:]
+ # Check length of handles and labels is consistent
+ elif len(handles) != len(labels):
+ raise ValueError("Number of handles not equal "
+ "to number of labels.")
else:
raise TypeError('Invalid arguments to legend.')
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py
index c0c5f79d71d8..5f67450dfd6e 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_legend.py
@@ -970,3 +970,11 @@ def test_ncol_ncols(fig_test, fig_ref):
ncols = 3
fig_test.legend(strings, ncol=ncols)
fig_ref.legend(strings, ncols=ncols)
+
+
+def test_handles_labels_length(self):
+ l1 = plt.plot(range(10))
+ l2 = plt.plot(range(11))
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Number of handles not equal "
+ "to number of labels."):
+ plt.legend([l1, l2], ['l1', 'l2', 'l3'])
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