diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 321b6837..a0ac332b 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@ Encoding: UTF-8
 Language: en-US
 LazyData: true
 Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
-RoxygenNote: 7.3.1
+RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index a8fec2b8..215cc104 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ report_card_template_goshawk <- function(title,
 #'
 #' This function returns choices based on the class of the input.
 #' If the input is of class `delayed_data`, it returns the `subset` of the input.
+#' If `subset` is NULL and the input contains `var_label` and `var_choices`,
+#' it throws an error prompting to resolve delayed inputs.
 #' Otherwise, it returns the input as is.
 #'
 #' @param choices An object that contains choices.
@@ -94,7 +96,18 @@ report_card_template_goshawk <- function(title,
 #' @keywords internal
 get_choices <- function(choices) {
   if (inherits(choices, "delayed_data")) {
-    choices$subset
+    if (is.null(choices$subset)) {
+      if (!is.null(choices$var_label) && !is.null(choices$var_choices)) {
+        stop(
+          "Resolve delayed inputs by evaluating the code within the provided datasets.
+          Check ?teal.transform::resolve_delayed for more information."
+        )
+      } else {
+        stop("Subset is NULL and necessary fields are missing.")
+      }
+    } else {
+      choices$subset
+    }
   } else {
     choices
   }
diff --git a/man/get_choices.Rd b/man/get_choices.Rd
index 56cd5af1..a4e7229e 100644
--- a/man/get_choices.Rd
+++ b/man/get_choices.Rd
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ A vector of choices.
 \description{
 This function returns choices based on the class of the input.
 If the input is of class \code{delayed_data}, it returns the \code{subset} of the input.
+If \code{subset} is NULL and the input contains \code{var_label} and \code{var_choices},
+it throws an error prompting to resolve delayed inputs.
 Otherwise, it returns the input as is.
 }
 \keyword{internal}