diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/platform_view.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/platform_view.dart
index 32ce829a7f..722a22b983 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/platform_view.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/platform_view.dart
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ class HtmlElementView extends StatelessWidget {
     required this.viewType,
     this.onPlatformViewCreated,
     this.creationParams,
-  }) : assert(kIsWeb, 'HtmlElementView is only available on Flutter Web.');
+  });
 
   /// The unique identifier for the HTML view type to be embedded by this widget.
   ///
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ class HtmlElementView extends StatelessWidget {
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    assert(kIsWeb, 'HtmlElementView is only available on Flutter Web.');
     return PlatformViewLink(
       viewType: viewType,
       onCreatePlatformView: _createHtmlElementView,
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/platform_view_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/platform_view_test.dart
index 1016909fea..7b4bc72037 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/widgets/platform_view_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/widgets/platform_view_test.dart
@@ -3168,4 +3168,28 @@ void main() {
     expect(controller.dispatchedPointerEvents, hasLength(1));
     expect(controller.dispatchedPointerEvents[0], isA<PointerHoverEvent>());
   });
+
+  testWidgets('HtmlElementView can be instantiated', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    late final Widget htmlElementView;
+    expect(() {
+      htmlElementView = const HtmlElementView(viewType: 'webview');
+    }, returnsNormally);
+
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+      Center(
+        child: SizedBox(
+          width: 100,
+          height: 100,
+          child: htmlElementView,
+        ),
+      )
+    );
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+    // This file runs on non-web platforms, so we expect `HtmlElementView` to
+    // fail.
+    final dynamic exception = tester.takeException();
+    expect(exception, isAssertionError);
+    expect(exception.toString(), contains('HtmlElementView is only available on Flutter Web'));
+  });
 }