diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-do-expressions/test/fixtures/do-expressions/await/exec.js b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-do-expressions/test/fixtures/do-expressions/await/exec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..84d1e1cd4962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-do-expressions/test/fixtures/do-expressions/await/exec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+async function p(x) {
+  const y = do {
+    let z;
+    await x;
+  };
+
+  return y;
+}
+
+const promise = Promise.resolve(5);
+expect(p(promise)).resolves.toBe(5);
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diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-do-expressions/test/fixtures/do-expressions/await/input.js b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-do-expressions/test/fixtures/do-expressions/await/input.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7b8cb4939a69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-do-expressions/test/fixtures/do-expressions/await/input.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+async function p(x) {
+  const y = do {
+    let z;
+    await x;
+  };
+
+  return y;
+}
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diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-do-expressions/test/fixtures/do-expressions/await/options.json b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-do-expressions/test/fixtures/do-expressions/await/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7edb6d2fc815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-do-expressions/test/fixtures/do-expressions/await/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "minNodeVersion": "8.0.0"
+}
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diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-do-expressions/test/fixtures/do-expressions/await/output.js b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-do-expressions/test/fixtures/do-expressions/await/output.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..55ab68b17442
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-proposal-do-expressions/test/fixtures/do-expressions/await/output.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+async function p(x) {
+  const y = await async function () {
+    let z;
+    return await x;
+  }();
+  return y;
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/replacement.js b/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/replacement.js
index 0c411cb40163..f0e74dbc1172 100644
--- a/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/replacement.js
+++ b/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/replacement.js
@@ -215,6 +215,10 @@ export function replaceExpressionWithStatements(nodes: Array<Object>) {
   if (toSequenceExpression) {
     return this.replaceWith(toSequenceExpression)[0].get("expressions");
   }
+
+  const functionParent = this.getFunctionParent();
+  const isParentAsync = functionParent && functionParent.is("async");
+
   const container = t.arrowFunctionExpression([], t.blockStatement(nodes));
 
   this.replaceWith(t.callExpression(container, []));
@@ -255,6 +259,19 @@ export function replaceExpressionWithStatements(nodes: Array<Object>) {
   const callee = this.get("callee");
   callee.arrowFunctionToExpression();
 
+  // (() => await xxx)() -> await (async () => await xxx)();
+  if (
+    isParentAsync &&
+    traverse.hasType(
+      this.get("callee.body").node,
+      "AwaitExpression",
+      t.FUNCTION_TYPES,
+    )
+  ) {
+    callee.set("async", true);
+    this.replaceWith(t.awaitExpression(this.node));
+  }
+
   return callee.get("body.body");
 }