diff --git a/.changeset/kind-dolls-cry.md b/.changeset/kind-dolls-cry.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6653d2f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/kind-dolls-cry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: account for empty statements when visiting in transform async
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/shared/transform-async.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/shared/transform-async.js
index 8d3a6b2769..95b9f585d3 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/shared/transform-async.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/shared/transform-async.js
@@ -49,22 +49,25 @@ export function transform_body(instance_body, runner, transform) {
 	if (instance_body.async.length > 0) {
 		const thunks = instance_body.async.map((s) => {
 			if (s.node.type === 'VariableDeclarator') {
-				const visited = /** @type {ESTree.VariableDeclaration} */ (
+				const visited = /** @type {ESTree.VariableDeclaration | ESTree.EmptyStatement} */ (
 					transform(b.var(s.node.id, s.node.init))
 				);
 
-				const statements = visited.declarations.map((node) => {
-					if (
-						node.id.type === 'Identifier' &&
-						(node.id.name.startsWith('$$d') || node.id.name.startsWith('$$array'))
-					) {
-						// this is an intermediate declaration created in VariableDeclaration.js;
-						// subsequent statements depend on it
-						return b.var(node.id, node.init);
-					}
+				const statements =
+					visited.type === 'VariableDeclaration'
+						? visited.declarations.map((node) => {
+								if (
+									node.id.type === 'Identifier' &&
+									(node.id.name.startsWith('$$d') || node.id.name.startsWith('$$array'))
+								) {
+									// this is an intermediate declaration created in VariableDeclaration.js;
+									// subsequent statements depend on it
+									return b.var(node.id, node.init);
+								}
 
-					return b.stmt(b.assignment('=', node.id, node.init ?? b.void0));
-				});
+								return b.stmt(b.assignment('=', node.id, node.init ?? b.void0));
+							})
+						: [];
 
 				if (statements.length === 1) {
 					const statement = /** @type {ESTree.ExpressionStatement} */ (statements[0]);
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-transform-empty-statements/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-transform-empty-statements/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e4a27cf09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-transform-empty-statements/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+export default test({
+	async test() {}
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-transform-empty-statements/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-transform-empty-statements/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03c4ada55a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-transform-empty-statements/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<script>
+	await Promise.resolve(42);
+	const { name } = $props();
+</script>
+
+{name}
\ No newline at end of file