diff --git a/packages/core-js/modules/esnext.async-iterator.from.js b/packages/core-js/modules/esnext.async-iterator.from.js
index 9ddce9b395fb..30aa4cc84556 100644
--- a/packages/core-js/modules/esnext.async-iterator.from.js
+++ b/packages/core-js/modules/esnext.async-iterator.from.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ $({ target: 'AsyncIterator', stat: true, forced: true }, {
     }
     if (iterator === undefined) {
       usingIterator = getIteratorMethod(object);
-      if (usingIterator) return new AsyncFromSyncIterator(getIterator(object, usingIterator));
+      if (usingIterator) iterator = new AsyncFromSyncIterator(getIterator(object, usingIterator));
     }
     return new AsyncIteratorProxy({ iterator: iterator !== undefined ? iterator : object });
   }