diff --git a/src/stage1/ir.cpp b/src/stage1/ir.cpp
index c418149546..0e03f25e11 100644
--- a/src/stage1/ir.cpp
+++ b/src/stage1/ir.cpp
@@ -7607,12 +7607,7 @@ static IrInstSrc *ir_gen_fn_call(IrBuilderSrc *irb, Scope *scope, AstNode *node,
 
     bool is_nosuspend = get_scope_nosuspend(scope) != nullptr;
     CallModifier modifier = node->data.fn_call_expr.modifier;
-    if (is_nosuspend) {
-        if (modifier == CallModifierAsync) {
-            add_node_error(irb->codegen, node,
-                    buf_sprintf("async call in nosuspend scope"));
-            return irb->codegen->invalid_inst_src;
-        }
+    if (is_nosuspend && modifier != CallModifierAsync) {
         modifier = CallModifierNoSuspend;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/compile_errors.zig b/test/compile_errors.zig
index 4c2dc63e33..808f0b31dc 100644
--- a/test/compile_errors.zig
+++ b/test/compile_errors.zig
@@ -1027,7 +1027,6 @@ pub fn addCases(cases: *tests.CompileErrorContext) void {
         \\}
         \\fn foo() void {}
     , &[_][]const u8{
-        "tmp.zig:3:21: error: async call in nosuspend scope",
         "tmp.zig:4:9: error: suspend in nosuspend scope",
     });