diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/AwaitBlock.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/AwaitBlock.ts
index a902947c2c..e89b8d9460 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/AwaitBlock.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/AwaitBlock.ts
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export default class AwaitBlockWrapper extends Wrapper {
 			ctx: #ctx,
 			current: null,
 			token: null,
-			hasCatch: false,
+			hasCatch: ${this.catch.node.start !== null ? 'true' : 'false'},
 			pending: ${this.pending.block.name},
 			then: ${this.then.block.name},
 			catch: ${this.catch.block.name},
@@ -201,12 +201,6 @@ export default class AwaitBlockWrapper extends Wrapper {
 			let ${info} = ${info_props};
 		`);
 
-		if (this.catch.node.start !== null) {
-			block.chunks.init.push(b`
-				${info}.hasCatch = true;
-			`);
-		}
-
 		block.chunks.init.push(b`
 			@handle_promise(${promise} = ${snippet}, ${info});
 		`);