diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/iimport.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/iimport.go
index 17aa35549d..9355174da8 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/iimport.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/iimport.go
@@ -992,6 +992,11 @@ func (r *importReader) node() ir.Node {
 		r.funcBody(fn)
 		fn.Dcl = fn.Inl.Dcl
 		fn.Body = fn.Inl.Body
+		if len(fn.Body) == 0 {
+			// An empty closure must be represented as a single empty
+			// block statement, else it will be dropped.
+			fn.Body = []ir.Node{ir.NewBlockStmt(src.NoXPos, nil)}
+		}
 		fn.Inl = nil
 
 		ir.FinishCaptureNames(pos, r.curfn, fn)
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue44330.dir/a.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue44330.dir/a.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d3ab9fe80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue44330.dir/a.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.  Use of this
+// source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be found in
+// the LICENSE file.
+
+package a
+
+type Table struct {
+	ColumnSeparator bool
+	RowSeparator    bool
+
+	// ColumnResizer is called on each Draw. Can be used for custom column sizing.
+	ColumnResizer func()
+}
+
+func NewTable() *Table {
+	return &Table{
+		ColumnSeparator: true,
+		RowSeparator:    true,
+		ColumnResizer:   func() {},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue44330.dir/b.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue44330.dir/b.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d5742421b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue44330.dir/b.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.  Use of this
+// source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be found in
+// the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"./a"
+)
+
+type Term struct {
+	top *a.Table
+}
+
+//go:noinline
+func NewFred() *Term {
+	table := a.NewTable()
+	return &Term{top: table}
+}
+
+func main() {
+	NewFred()
+}
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue44330.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue44330.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..682d9c5bf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue44330.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// rundir
+
+// Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.  Use of this
+// source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be found in
+// the LICENSE file.
+
+package ignored