diff --git a/datafusion/expr-common/src/type_coercion/binary.rs b/datafusion/expr-common/src/type_coercion/binary.rs
index 9051f412bde9..97ec54b298ed 100644
--- a/datafusion/expr-common/src/type_coercion/binary.rs
+++ b/datafusion/expr-common/src/type_coercion/binary.rs
@@ -1793,9 +1793,10 @@ fn binary_coercion(lhs_type: &DataType, rhs_type: &DataType) -> Option<DataType>
 
 /// Coercion rules for like operations.
 /// This is a union of string coercion rules, dictionary coercion rules, and REE coercion rules
+/// Note: list_coercion is intentionally NOT included here because LIKE is a string pattern
+/// matching operation and is not supported for nested types (List, Struct, etc.)
 pub fn like_coercion(lhs_type: &DataType, rhs_type: &DataType) -> Option<DataType> {
     string_coercion(lhs_type, rhs_type)
-        .or_else(|| list_coercion(lhs_type, rhs_type))
         .or_else(|| binary_to_string_coercion(lhs_type, rhs_type))
         .or_else(|| dictionary_comparison_coercion(lhs_type, rhs_type, false))
         .or_else(|| ree_comparison_coercion(lhs_type, rhs_type, false))
diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/type_coercion.slt b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/type_coercion.slt
index e3baa8fedcf6..8ab5b63e697d 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/type_coercion.slt
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/type_coercion.slt
@@ -254,3 +254,30 @@ DROP TABLE orders;
 ########################################
 ## Test type coercion with UNIONs end ##
 ########################################
+
+# https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/15661
+# LIKE is a string pattern matching operator and is not supported for nested types.
+
+statement ok
+CREATE TABLE t0(v0 BIGINT, v1 STRING, v2 BOOLEAN);
+
+statement ok
+INSERT INTO t0(v0, v2) VALUES (123, true);
+
+query error There isn't a common type to coerce .* in .* expression
+SELECT true FROM t0 WHERE ((REGEXP_MATCH(t0.v1, t0.v1)) NOT LIKE (REGEXP_MATCH(t0.v1, t0.v1, 'jH')));
+
+query error There isn't a common type to coerce .* in .* expression
+SELECT true FROM t0 WHERE (REGEXP_MATCH(t0.v1, t0.v1)) NOT LIKE [];
+
+query error There isn't a common type to coerce .* in .* expression
+SELECT true FROM t0 WHERE (REGEXP_MATCH(t0.v1, t0.v1)) LIKE [];
+
+query error There isn't a common type to coerce .* in .* expression
+SELECT true FROM t0 WHERE (REGEXP_MATCH(t0.v1, t0.v1)) ILIKE [];
+
+query error There isn't a common type to coerce .* in .* expression
+SELECT true FROM t0 WHERE (REGEXP_MATCH(t0.v1, t0.v1)) NOT ILIKE [];
+
+statement ok
+DROP TABLE t0;