diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/check_consts/ops.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/check_consts/ops.rs
index 25ed7859d2187..32e233e337da3 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/check_consts/ops.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/check_consts/ops.rs
@@ -151,14 +151,15 @@ impl NonConstOp for FnPtrCast {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct Generator;
+pub struct Generator(pub hir::GeneratorKind);
 impl NonConstOp for Generator {
     fn status_in_item(&self, _: &ConstCx<'_, '_>) -> Status {
         Status::Forbidden
     }
 
     fn build_error(&self, ccx: &ConstCx<'_, 'tcx>, span: Span) -> DiagnosticBuilder<'tcx> {
-        ccx.tcx.sess.struct_span_err(span, "Generators and `async` functions cannot be `const`")
+        let msg = format!("{}s are not allowed in {}s", self.0, ccx.const_kind());
+        ccx.tcx.sess.struct_span_err(span, &msg)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/check_consts/validation.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/check_consts/validation.rs
index ab63fd03a336e..4e714bfeed310 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/check_consts/validation.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/check_consts/validation.rs
@@ -770,6 +770,14 @@ impl Visitor<'tcx> for Validator<'mir, 'tcx> {
                     return;
                 }
 
+                // `async` blocks get lowered to `std::future::from_generator(/* a closure */)`.
+                let is_async_block = Some(callee) == tcx.lang_items().from_generator_fn();
+                if is_async_block {
+                    let kind = hir::GeneratorKind::Async(hir::AsyncGeneratorKind::Block);
+                    self.check_op(ops::Generator(kind));
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 // HACK: This is to "unstabilize" the `transmute` intrinsic
                 // within const fns. `transmute` is allowed in all other const contexts.
                 // This won't really scale to more intrinsics or functions. Let's allow const
@@ -869,7 +877,7 @@ impl Visitor<'tcx> for Validator<'mir, 'tcx> {
             TerminatorKind::Abort => self.check_op(ops::Abort),
 
             TerminatorKind::GeneratorDrop | TerminatorKind::Yield { .. } => {
-                self.check_op(ops::Generator)
+                self.check_op(ops::Generator(hir::GeneratorKind::Gen))
             }
 
             TerminatorKind::Assert { .. }
diff --git a/src/test/ui/consts/async-block.rs b/src/test/ui/consts/async-block.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1fa2a6160913e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/consts/async-block.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// From <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/77361>
+
+// edition:2018
+
+const _: i32 = { core::mem::ManuallyDrop::new(async { 0 }); 4 };
+//~^ `async` block
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/src/test/ui/consts/async-block.stderr b/src/test/ui/consts/async-block.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..99f470623ac32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/consts/async-block.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+error: `async` blocks are not allowed in constants
+  --> $DIR/async-block.rs:5:47
+   |
+LL | const _: i32 = { core::mem::ManuallyDrop::new(async { 0 }); 4 };
+   |                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+error: aborting due to previous error
+