diff --git a/lib/rules/await-async-query.js b/lib/rules/await-async-query.js
index ad676087..11e10b85 100644
--- a/lib/rules/await-async-query.js
+++ b/lib/rules/await-async-query.js
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ module.exports = {
           const variableDeclaratorParent = node.parent.parent;
 
           const references =
-            variableDeclaratorParent.type === 'VariableDeclarator' &&
-            context
-              .getDeclaredVariables(variableDeclaratorParent)[0]
-              .references.slice(1);
+            (variableDeclaratorParent.type === 'VariableDeclarator' &&
+              context
+                .getDeclaredVariables(variableDeclaratorParent)[0]
+                .references.slice(1)) ||
+            [];
 
           if (
             references &&
diff --git a/tests/lib/rules/await-async-query.js b/tests/lib/rules/await-async-query.js
index 2c3ba98e..f4032413 100644
--- a/tests/lib/rules/await-async-query.js
+++ b/tests/lib/rules/await-async-query.js
@@ -149,5 +149,17 @@ ruleTester.run('await-async-query', rule, {
           },
         ],
       })),
+      ...ASYNC_QUERIES_COMBINATIONS.map(query => ({
+        code: `async () => {
+        expect(${query}('foo')).toBeInTheDocument()
+      }
+      `,
+        errors: [
+          {
+            line: 2,
+            message: `\`${query}\` must have \`await\` operator`,
+          },
+        ],
+      })),
     ],
 });