diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 8250fb9df..c0b99ef49 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Pint Changelog
 0.24 (unreleased)
 -----------------
 
+- Fix detection of invalid conversion between offset and delta units. (PR #1905)
 - Added dBW, decibel Watts, which is used in RF high power applications
 - NumPy 2.0 support
   (PR #1985, #1971)
diff --git a/pint/facets/nonmultiplicative/registry.py b/pint/facets/nonmultiplicative/registry.py
index d476cc676..7f58d060c 100644
--- a/pint/facets/nonmultiplicative/registry.py
+++ b/pint/facets/nonmultiplicative/registry.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def _is_multiplicative(self, unit_name: str) -> bool:
         Raises
         ------
         UndefinedUnitError
-            If the unit is not in the registyr.
+            If the unit is not in the registry.
         """
         if unit_name in self._units:
             return self._units[unit_name].is_multiplicative
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ def _convert(
                 src, dst, extra_msg=f" - In destination units, {ex}"
             )
 
+        # convert if no offset units are present
         if not (src_offset_unit or dst_offset_unit):
             return super()._convert(value, src, dst, inplace)
 
@@ -267,6 +268,8 @@ def _convert(
 
         # clean src from offset units by converting to reference
         if src_offset_unit:
+            if any(u.startswith("delta_") for u in dst):
+                raise DimensionalityError(src, dst)
             value = self._units[src_offset_unit].converter.to_reference(value, inplace)
             src = src.remove([src_offset_unit])
             # Add reference unit for multiplicative section
@@ -274,6 +277,8 @@ def _convert(
 
         # clean dst units from offset units
         if dst_offset_unit:
+            if any(u.startswith("delta_") for u in src):
+                raise DimensionalityError(src, dst)
             dst = dst.remove([dst_offset_unit])
             # Add reference unit for multiplicative section
             dst = self._add_ref_of_log_or_offset_unit(dst_offset_unit, dst)
diff --git a/pint/testsuite/test_unit.py b/pint/testsuite/test_unit.py
index 5b5f69a0c..2156bbafd 100644
--- a/pint/testsuite/test_unit.py
+++ b/pint/testsuite/test_unit.py
@@ -989,6 +989,8 @@ class TestConvertWithOffset(QuantityTestCase):
         (({"degC": 2}, {"kelvin": 2}), "error"),
         (({"degC": 1, "degF": 1}, {"kelvin": 2}), "error"),
         (({"degC": 1, "kelvin": 1}, {"kelvin": 2}), "error"),
+        (({"delta_degC": 1}, {"degF": 1}), "error"),
+        (({"delta_degC": 1}, {"degC": 1}), "error"),
     ]
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(("input_tuple", "expected"), convert_with_offset)