diff --git a/src/testRunner/unittests/convertToAsyncFunction.ts b/src/testRunner/unittests/convertToAsyncFunction.ts
index b6e8cddb007..943c7cb1903 100644
--- a/src/testRunner/unittests/convertToAsyncFunction.ts
+++ b/src/testRunner/unittests/convertToAsyncFunction.ts
@@ -1132,6 +1132,12 @@ function [#|f|]() {
 const [#|foo|] = function () {
     return fetch('https://typescriptlang.org').then(result => { console.log(result) });
 } 
+`);
+
+    _testConvertToAsyncFunction("convertToAsyncFunction_simpleFunctionExpressionWithName", `
+const foo = function [#|f|]() {
+    return fetch('https://typescriptlang.org').then(result => { console.log(result) });
+} 
 `);
 
     _testConvertToAsyncFunction("convertToAsyncFunction_catchBlockUniqueParams", `
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/convertToAsyncFunction/convertToAsyncFunction_simpleFunctionExpressionWithName.js b/tests/baselines/reference/convertToAsyncFunction/convertToAsyncFunction_simpleFunctionExpressionWithName.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8316ee98b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/convertToAsyncFunction/convertToAsyncFunction_simpleFunctionExpressionWithName.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// ==ORIGINAL==
+
+const foo = function /*[#|*/f/*|]*/() {
+    return fetch('https://typescriptlang.org').then(result => { console.log(result) });
+} 
+
+// ==ASYNC FUNCTION::Convert to async function==
+
+const foo = async function f() {
+    const result = await fetch('https://typescriptlang.org');
+    console.log(result);
+} 
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/convertToAsyncFunction/convertToAsyncFunction_simpleFunctionExpressionWithName.ts b/tests/baselines/reference/convertToAsyncFunction/convertToAsyncFunction_simpleFunctionExpressionWithName.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8316ee98b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/convertToAsyncFunction/convertToAsyncFunction_simpleFunctionExpressionWithName.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// ==ORIGINAL==
+
+const foo = function /*[#|*/f/*|]*/() {
+    return fetch('https://typescriptlang.org').then(result => { console.log(result) });
+} 
+
+// ==ASYNC FUNCTION::Convert to async function==
+
+const foo = async function f() {
+    const result = await fetch('https://typescriptlang.org');
+    console.log(result);
+}