diff --git a/compiler/semgnrc.nim b/compiler/semgnrc.nim
index 0ba76ccd3..b78679411 100644
--- a/compiler/semgnrc.nim
+++ b/compiler/semgnrc.nim
@@ -426,7 +426,12 @@ proc semGenericStmt(c: PContext, n: PNode,
       n.sons[paramsPos] = semGenericStmt(c, n.sons[paramsPos], flags, ctx)
     n.sons[pragmasPos] = semGenericStmt(c, n.sons[pragmasPos], flags, ctx)
     var body: PNode
-    if n.sons[namePos].kind == nkSym: body = n.sons[namePos].sym.getBody
+    if n.sons[namePos].kind == nkSym:
+      let s = n.sons[namePos].sym
+      if sfGenSym in s.flags and s.ast == nil:
+        body = n.sons[bodyPos]
+      else:
+        body = s.getBody
     else: body = n.sons[bodyPos]
     n.sons[bodyPos] = semGenericStmtScope(c, body, flags, ctx)
     closeScope(c)
diff --git a/tests/async/tgeneric_async.nim b/tests/async/tgeneric_async.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af6370181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/async/tgeneric_async.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+import asyncdispatch
+
+when true:
+  # bug #2377
+  proc test[T](v: T) {.async.} =
+    echo $v
+
+  asyncCheck test[int](1)