diff --git a/src/helpers/functions.lsc b/src/helpers/functions.lsc
index 7fda331..597613d 100644
--- a/src/helpers/functions.lsc
+++ b/src/helpers/functions.lsc
@@ -21,10 +21,7 @@ export addImplicitReturns(functionPath) ->
         throw path.buildCodeFrameError("Ambiguous implicit `return` of multiple variables. " +
           "Add an explicit `return` statement on the next line.")
 
-    if expr~isa("AwaitExpression"):
-      t.returnStatement(expr.argument)~atNode(expr)
-    else:
-      t.returnStatement(expr)~atNode(expr)
+    t.returnStatement(expr)~atNode(expr)
 
   transformTails(
     functionPath.get("body")
diff --git a/test/fixtures/arrow-function-expressions/async/expected.js b/test/fixtures/arrow-function-expressions/async/expected.js
index 522f7f6..afcddf9 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/arrow-function-expressions/async/expected.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/arrow-function-expressions/async/expected.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 (async function () {
   await 1;
-  return 2;
+  return await 2;
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/arrow-function-expressions/fat-async/expected.js b/test/fixtures/arrow-function-expressions/fat-async/expected.js
index ac80d40..d6345a6 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/arrow-function-expressions/fat-async/expected.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/arrow-function-expressions/fat-async/expected.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 async () => {
   await 1;
-  return 2;
+  return await 2;
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/arrow-methods-class/fat-async/expected.js b/test/fixtures/arrow-methods-class/fat-async/expected.js
index e8bd179..0f9f0a1 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/arrow-methods-class/fat-async/expected.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/arrow-methods-class/fat-async/expected.js
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ class A {
   }
 
   async f() {
-    return this;
+    return await this;
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/arrow-methods-obj/fat-async/expected.js b/test/fixtures/arrow-methods-obj/fat-async/expected.js
index d5e1c47..8f9cfee 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/arrow-methods-obj/fat-async/expected.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/arrow-methods-obj/fat-async/expected.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const o = {
   async f() {
-    return this;
+    return await this;
   } };
 o.f = o.f.bind(o);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/arrow-methods-obj/skinny-async/expected.js b/test/fixtures/arrow-methods-obj/skinny-async/expected.js
index 753bdba..c272b87 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/arrow-methods-obj/skinny-async/expected.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/arrow-methods-obj/skinny-async/expected.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 const o = {
   async f(x) {
-    return x;
+    return await x;
   } };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/await-arrow/await-array/expected.js b/test/fixtures/await-arrow/await-array/expected.js
index 5ecc10f..e6abfd4 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/await-arrow/await-array/expected.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/await-arrow/await-array/expected.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 async function fn() {
   const x = await Promise.all([p1, p2]);
   const y = await Promise.all([p1, p2]);
-  return Promise.all((() => {
+  return await Promise.all((() => {
     const _arr = [];for (const p of ps) _arr.push(p);return _arr;
   })());
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/await-arrow/safe-statement/expected.js b/test/fixtures/await-arrow/safe-statement/expected.js
index 564c9d5..3966bc7 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/await-arrow/safe-statement/expected.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/await-arrow/safe-statement/expected.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 async function fn() {
-  return (async () => {
+  return await (async () => {
     try {
       return await fetch();
     } catch (_err) {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/await-arrow/statement/expected.js b/test/fixtures/await-arrow/statement/expected.js
index aefdbc5..75cce51 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/await-arrow/statement/expected.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/await-arrow/statement/expected.js
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 async function fn() {
-  return fetch();
+  return await fetch();
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/named-arrow-functions/async/expected.js b/test/fixtures/named-arrow-functions/async/expected.js
index 154fae1..770c8c3 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/named-arrow-functions/async/expected.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/named-arrow-functions/async/expected.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 async function fn() {
   await 1;
-  return 2;
+  return await 2;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/named-arrow-functions/fat-async/expected.js b/test/fixtures/named-arrow-functions/fat-async/expected.js
index 8d44b0e..aed77cf 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/named-arrow-functions/fat-async/expected.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/named-arrow-functions/fat-async/expected.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 const fn = async () => {
   await 1;
-  return 2;
+  return await 2;
 };
\ No newline at end of file