diff --git a/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/statement.js b/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/statement.js
index 1f895ee973f9..63c8eaa6c220 100644
--- a/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/statement.js
+++ b/packages/babel-parser/src/parser/statement.js
@@ -2247,7 +2247,7 @@ export default class StatementParser extends ExpressionParser {
     const attrNames = new Set();
 
     do {
-      if (this.match(tt.braceR)) {
+      if (this.eat(tt.braceR)) {
         break;
       }
 
@@ -2349,10 +2349,7 @@ export default class StatementParser extends ExpressionParser {
     }
     // https://tc39.es/proposal-import-assertions/#prod-AssertClause
     this.eat(tt.braceL);
-    const attrs = this.parseAssertEntries();
-    this.eat(tt.braceR);
-
-    return attrs;
+    return this.parseAssertEntries();
   }
 
   maybeParseDefaultImportSpecifier(node: N.ImportDeclaration): boolean {