diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/loops/infinite_loop.rs b/clippy_lints/src/loops/infinite_loop.rs
index a71e6963f8ca..74c0b1780189 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/loops/infinite_loop.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/loops/infinite_loop.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ use hir::intravisit::{Visitor, walk_expr};
 use rustc_ast::Label;
 use rustc_errors::Applicability;
 use rustc_hir::{
-    self as hir, Closure, ClosureKind, CoroutineDesugaring, CoroutineKind, Expr, ExprKind, FnRetTy, FnSig, Node, TyKind,
+    self as hir, Closure, ClosureKind, CoroutineDesugaring, CoroutineKind, CoroutineSource, Expr, ExprKind, FnRetTy,
+    FnSig, Node, TyKind,
 };
 use rustc_lint::{LateContext, LintContext};
 use rustc_span::sym;
@@ -73,7 +74,11 @@ fn is_inside_unawaited_async_block(cx: &LateContext<'_>, expr: &Expr<'_>) -> boo
         if let Node::Expr(Expr {
             kind:
                 ExprKind::Closure(Closure {
-                    kind: ClosureKind::Coroutine(CoroutineKind::Desugared(CoroutineDesugaring::Async, _)),
+                    kind:
+                        ClosureKind::Coroutine(CoroutineKind::Desugared(
+                            CoroutineDesugaring::Async,
+                            CoroutineSource::Block | CoroutineSource::Closure,
+                        )),
                     ..
                 }),
             ..
diff --git a/tests/ui/infinite_loops.rs b/tests/ui/infinite_loops.rs
index 9b8c39331970..7d01a7fb61fc 100644
--- a/tests/ui/infinite_loops.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/infinite_loops.rs
@@ -521,4 +521,19 @@ mod tokio_spawn_test {
     }
 }
 
+mod issue15541 {
+    async fn good() -> ! {
+        loop {
+            std::future::pending().await
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn bad() {
+        //~v infinite_loop
+        loop {
+            std::future::pending().await
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn main() {}
diff --git a/tests/ui/infinite_loops.stderr b/tests/ui/infinite_loops.stderr
index 4c6b6f725f13..319f1e5012b6 100644
--- a/tests/ui/infinite_loops.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/infinite_loops.stderr
@@ -333,5 +333,15 @@ LL | |             }
    |
    = help: if this is not intended, try adding a `break` or `return` condition in the loop
 
-error: aborting due to 23 previous errors
+error: infinite loop detected
+  --> tests/ui/infinite_loops.rs:533:9
+   |
+LL | /         loop {
+LL | |             std::future::pending().await
+LL | |         }
+   | |_________^
+   |
+   = help: if this is not intended, try adding a `break` or `return` condition in the loop
+
+error: aborting due to 24 previous errors