diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/coverage/spans.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/coverage/spans.rs
index c415a832994..0124bb7337c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/coverage/spans.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/coverage/spans.rs
@@ -319,29 +319,16 @@ fn to_refined_spans(mut self) -> Vec<CoverageSpan> {
             }
         }
 
-        let prev = self.take_prev();
-        debug!("    AT END, adding last prev={prev:?}");
-
         // Drain any remaining dups into the output.
         for dup in self.pending_dups.drain(..) {
             debug!("    ...adding at least one pending dup={:?}", dup);
             self.refined_spans.push(dup);
         }
 
-        // Async functions wrap a closure that implements the body to be executed. The enclosing
-        // function is called and returns an `impl Future` without initially executing any of the
-        // body. To avoid showing the return from the enclosing function as a "covered" return from
-        // the closure, the enclosing function's `TerminatorKind::Return`s `CoverageSpan` is
-        // excluded. The closure's `Return` is the only one that will be counted. This provides
-        // adequate coverage, and more intuitive counts. (Avoids double-counting the closing brace
-        // of the function body.)
-        let body_ends_with_closure = if let Some(last_covspan) = self.refined_spans.last() {
-            last_covspan.is_closure && last_covspan.span.hi() == self.body_span.hi()
-        } else {
-            false
-        };
-
-        if !body_ends_with_closure {
+        // There is usually a final span remaining in `prev` after the loop ends,
+        // so add it to the output as well.
+        if let Some(prev) = self.some_prev.take() {
+            debug!("    AT END, adding last prev={prev:?}");
             self.refined_spans.push(prev);
         }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/coverage/spans/from_mir.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/coverage/spans/from_mir.rs
index e1531f2c239..b850b3374ba 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/coverage/spans/from_mir.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/coverage/spans/from_mir.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ pub(super) fn mir_to_initial_sorted_coverage_spans(
             .then_with(|| Ord::cmp(&a.is_closure, &b.is_closure).reverse())
     });
 
+    // The desugaring of an async function includes a closure containing the
+    // original function body, and a terminator that returns the `impl Future`.
+    // That terminator will cause a confusing coverage count for the function's
+    // closing brace, so discard everything after the body closure span.
+    if let Some(body_closure_index) =
+        initial_spans.iter().rposition(|covspan| covspan.is_closure && covspan.span == body_span)
+    {
+        initial_spans.truncate(body_closure_index + 1);
+    }
+
     initial_spans
 }