diff --git a/lib/rules/require-atomic-updates.js b/lib/rules/require-atomic-updates.js
index c552f1bd8258..a77b01c11642 100644
--- a/lib/rules/require-atomic-updates.js
+++ b/lib/rules/require-atomic-updates.js
@@ -224,13 +224,16 @@ module.exports = {
                     segmentInfo.markAsRead(codePath.currentSegments, name);
                 }
 
+                const isVariableDeclaration = isLocalVariableWithoutEscape(variable, isMemberAccess) ||
+                    node.parent.type === "VariableDeclarator";
+
                 /*
                  * Register the variable to verify after ESLint traversed the `writeExpr` node
                  * if this reference is an assignment to a variable which is referred from other closure.
                  */
                 if (writeExpr &&
-                    writeExpr.parent.right === writeExpr && // ← exclude variable declarations.
-                    !isLocalVariableWithoutEscape(variable, isMemberAccess)
+                    writeExpr.parent.right === writeExpr &&
+                    !isVariableDeclaration
                 ) {
                     let refs = assignmentReferences.get(writeExpr);
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/require-atomic-updates.js b/tests/lib/rules/require-atomic-updates.js
index cd51e38ffbdb..4fd6bc268935 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/require-atomic-updates.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/require-atomic-updates.js
@@ -162,6 +162,30 @@ ruleTester.run("require-atomic-updates", rule, {
                 count -= 1
                 return
             }
+        `,
+
+        // https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/14208
+        `
+            async function foo(e) {
+            }
+
+            async function run() {
+              const input = [];
+              const props = [];
+
+              for(const entry of input) {
+                const prop = props.find(a => a.id === entry.id) || null;
+                await foo(entry);
+              }
+
+              for(const entry of input) {
+                const prop = props.find(a => a.id === entry.id) || null;
+              }
+
+              for(const entry2 of input) {
+                const prop = props.find(a => a.id === entry2.id) || null;
+              }
+            }
         `
     ],