diff --git a/src/tools/rust-analyzer/crates/hir-ty/src/infer/expr.rs b/src/tools/rust-analyzer/crates/hir-ty/src/infer/expr.rs
index d40d52c134d4..d43c99fc2827 100644
--- a/src/tools/rust-analyzer/crates/hir-ty/src/infer/expr.rs
+++ b/src/tools/rust-analyzer/crates/hir-ty/src/infer/expr.rs
@@ -731,9 +731,32 @@ impl InferenceContext<'_> {
                     &Pat::Expr(expr) => {
                         Some(self.infer_expr(expr, &Expectation::none(), ExprIsRead::No))
                     }
-                    Pat::Path(path) => Some(self.infer_expr_path(path, target.into(), tgt_expr)),
+                    Pat::Path(path) => {
+                        let resolver_guard =
+                            self.resolver.update_to_inner_scope(self.db, self.owner, tgt_expr);
+                        let resolution = self.resolver.resolve_path_in_value_ns_fully(
+                            self.db,
+                            path,
+                            self.body.pat_path_hygiene(target),
+                        );
+                        self.resolver.reset_to_guard(resolver_guard);
+
+                        if matches!(
+                            resolution,
+                            Some(
+                                ValueNs::ConstId(_)
+                                    | ValueNs::StructId(_)
+                                    | ValueNs::EnumVariantId(_)
+                            )
+                        ) {
+                            None
+                        } else {
+                            Some(self.infer_expr_path(path, target.into(), tgt_expr))
+                        }
+                    }
                     _ => None,
                 };
+                let is_destructuring_assignment = lhs_ty.is_none();
 
                 if let Some(lhs_ty) = lhs_ty {
                     self.write_pat_ty(target, lhs_ty.clone());
@@ -747,7 +770,15 @@ impl InferenceContext<'_> {
                     self.inside_assignment = false;
                     self.resolver.reset_to_guard(resolver_guard);
                 }
-                self.result.standard_types.unit.clone()
+                if is_destructuring_assignment && self.diverges.is_always() {
+                    // Ordinary assignments always return `()`, even when they diverge.
+                    // However, rustc lowers destructuring assignments into blocks, and blocks return `!` if they have no tail
+                    // expression and they diverge. Therefore, we have to do the same here, even though we don't lower destructuring
+                    // assignments into blocks.
+                    self.table.new_maybe_never_var()
+                } else {
+                    self.result.standard_types.unit.clone()
+                }
             }
             Expr::Range { lhs, rhs, range_type } => {
                 let lhs_ty =
diff --git a/src/tools/rust-analyzer/crates/hir-ty/src/tests/never_type.rs b/src/tools/rust-analyzer/crates/hir-ty/src/tests/never_type.rs
index 1ca4c9b2ad5a..6a9135622deb 100644
--- a/src/tools/rust-analyzer/crates/hir-ty/src/tests/never_type.rs
+++ b/src/tools/rust-analyzer/crates/hir-ty/src/tests/never_type.rs
@@ -785,3 +785,31 @@ fn make_up_a_pointer<T>() -> *const T {
         "#]],
     )
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn diverging_destructuring_assignment() {
+    check_infer_with_mismatches(
+        r#"
+fn foo() {
+    let n = match 42 {
+        0 => _ = loop {},
+        _ => 0,
+    };
+}
+    "#,
+        expect![[r#"
+            9..84 '{     ...  }; }': ()
+            19..20 'n': i32
+            23..81 'match ...     }': i32
+            29..31 '42': i32
+            42..43 '0': i32
+            42..43 '0': i32
+            47..48 '_': !
+            47..58 '_ = loop {}': i32
+            51..58 'loop {}': !
+            56..58 '{}': ()
+            68..69 '_': i32
+            73..74 '0': i32
+        "#]],
+    );
+}