diff --git a/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/lib/virtual-types-validator.ts b/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/lib/virtual-types-validator.ts
index 2ebb77765ab5..38f157a36008 100644
--- a/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/lib/virtual-types-validator.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/lib/virtual-types-validator.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   isVar as nodeIsVar,
   isVariableDeclaration,
   react,
+  isForOfStatement,
 } from "@babel/types";
 import type * as t from "@babel/types";
 const { isCompatTag } = react;
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ export function isSpreadProperty(this: NodePath): boolean {
 }
 
 export function isForAwaitStatement(this: NodePath): boolean {
-  return isForStatement(this.node, { await: true });
+  return isForOfStatement(this.node, { await: true });
 }
 
 export function isExistentialTypeParam(this: NodePath): void {
diff --git a/packages/babel-traverse/test/path/virtual-validators.js b/packages/babel-traverse/test/path/virtual-validators.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f241eb297bf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-traverse/test/path/virtual-validators.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { parse } from "@babel/parser";
+
+import _traverse from "../../lib/index.js";
+const traverse = _traverse.default || _traverse;
+
+function getPath(code) {
+  const ast = parse(code, { sourceType: "module" });
+  let path;
+  traverse(ast, {
+    Program: function (_path) {
+      path = _path;
+      _path.stop();
+    },
+  });
+  return path;
+}
+
+describe("path.isForAwaitStatement", () => {
+  it.each(["for await (const x of []);"])(
+    `NodePath(%p).get("body.0").isForAwaitStatement() should be true`,
+    input => {
+      const path = getPath(input).get("body.0");
+      expect(path.node).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(path.isForAwaitStatement()).toBe(true);
+    },
+  );
+});