diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/coroutine.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/coroutine.rs
index 072733c97efb..7fad380ba5a1 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/coroutine.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir_transform/src/coroutine.rs
@@ -1891,6 +1891,16 @@ fn check_must_not_suspend_ty<'tcx>(
                 SuspendCheckData { descr_pre: &format!("{}allocator ", data.descr_pre), ..data },
             )
         }
+        // FIXME(sized_hierarchy): This should be replaced with a requirement that types in
+        // coroutines implement `const Sized`. Scalable vectors are temporarily `Sized` while
+        // `feature(sized_hierarchy)` is not fully implemented, but in practice are
+        // non-`const Sized` and so do not have a known size at compilation time. Layout computation
+        // for a coroutine containing scalable vectors would be incorrect.
+        ty::Adt(def, _) if def.repr().scalable() => {
+            tcx.dcx()
+                .span_err(data.source_span, "scalable vectors cannot be held over await points");
+            true
+        }
         ty::Adt(def, _) => check_must_not_suspend_def(tcx, def.did(), hir_id, data),
         // FIXME: support adding the attribute to TAITs
         ty::Alias(ty::Opaque, ty::AliasTy { def_id: def, .. }) => {
diff --git a/tests/ui/scalable-vectors/async.rs b/tests/ui/scalable-vectors/async.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..916c64ee7435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/scalable-vectors/async.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+//@ only-aarch64
+//@ edition:2021
+
+#![allow(incomplete_features, internal_features)]
+#![feature(
+    core_intrinsics,
+    simd_ffi,
+    rustc_attrs,
+    link_llvm_intrinsics
+)]
+
+use core::intrinsics::transmute_unchecked;
+
+#[rustc_scalable_vector(4)]
+#[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+pub struct svint32_t(i32);
+
+#[target_feature(enable = "sve")]
+pub unsafe fn svdup_n_s32(op: i32) -> svint32_t {
+    extern "C" {
+        #[cfg_attr(target_arch = "aarch64", link_name = "llvm.aarch64.sve.dup.x.nxv4i32")]
+        fn _svdup_n_s32(op: i32) -> svint32_t;
+    }
+    unsafe { _svdup_n_s32(op) }
+}
+
+#[target_feature(enable = "sve")]
+async fn another() -> i32 {
+    42
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+#[target_feature(enable = "sve")]
+pub async fn test_function() {
+    unsafe {
+        let x = svdup_n_s32(1); //~ ERROR: scalable vectors cannot be held over await points
+        let temp = another().await;
+        let y: svint32_t = transmute_unchecked(x);
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let _ = unsafe { test_function() };
+}
diff --git a/tests/ui/scalable-vectors/async.stderr b/tests/ui/scalable-vectors/async.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fa81c7b8ed4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/scalable-vectors/async.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+error: scalable vectors cannot be held over await points
+  --> $DIR/async.rs:36:13
+   |
+LL |         let x = svdup_n_s32(1);
+   |             ^
+
+error: aborting due to 1 previous error
+