diff --git a/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/generator_interior.rs b/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/generator_interior.rs
index 4473aa2081f23..f1828ddf3eb94 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/generator_interior.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_typeck/src/check/generator_interior.rs
@@ -344,6 +344,18 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> Visitor<'tcx> for InteriorVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
         // The type table might not have information for this expression
         // if it is in a malformed scope. (#66387)
         if let Some(ty) = self.fcx.typeck_results.borrow().expr_ty_opt(expr) {
+            if guard_borrowing_from_pattern {
+                // Match guards create references to all the bindings in the pattern that are used
+                // in the guard, e.g. `y if is_even(y) => ...` becomes `is_even(*r_y)` where `r_y`
+                // is a reference to `y`, so we must record a reference to the type of the binding.
+                let tcx = self.fcx.tcx;
+                let ref_ty = tcx.mk_ref(
+                    // Use `ReErased` as `resolve_interior` is going to replace all the regions anyway.
+                    tcx.mk_region(ty::RegionKind::ReErased),
+                    ty::TypeAndMut { ty, mutbl: hir::Mutability::Not },
+                );
+                self.record(ref_ty, scope, Some(expr), expr.span, guard_borrowing_from_pattern);
+            }
             self.record(ty, scope, Some(expr), expr.span, guard_borrowing_from_pattern);
         } else {
             self.fcx.tcx.sess.delay_span_bug(expr.span, "no type for node");
diff --git a/src/test/ui/generator/yielding-in-match-guards.rs b/src/test/ui/generator/yielding-in-match-guards.rs
index d8aa354b1c604..c76726414df8a 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/generator/yielding-in-match-guards.rs
+++ b/src/test/ui/generator/yielding-in-match-guards.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// check-pass
+// build-pass
 // edition:2018
 
 // This test is derived from
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 // of the underlying generator.
 
 async fn f() -> u8 { 1 }
+async fn foo() -> [bool; 10] { [false; 10] }
 
 pub async fn g(x: u8) {
     match x {
@@ -19,6 +20,24 @@ pub async fn g(x: u8) {
     }
 }
 
+// #78366: check the reference to the binding is recorded even if the binding is not autorefed
+
+async fn h(x: usize) {
+    match x {
+        y if foo().await[y] => (),
+        _ => (),
+    }
+}
+
+async fn i(x: u8) {
+    match x {
+        y if f().await == y + 1 => (),
+        _ => (),
+    }
+}
+
 fn main() {
     let _ = g(10);
+    let _ = h(9);
+    let _ = i(8);
 }