diff --git a/Sources/SwiftSyntaxMacros/Syntax+LexicalContext.swift b/Sources/SwiftSyntaxMacros/Syntax+LexicalContext.swift
index 0ba6ddb9216..1f6ef803179 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftSyntaxMacros/Syntax+LexicalContext.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftSyntaxMacros/Syntax+LexicalContext.swift
@@ -67,6 +67,20 @@ extension SyntaxProtocol {
     case let freestandingMacro as FreestandingMacroExpansionSyntax:
       return Syntax(freestandingMacro.detached) as Syntax
 
+    // Try and await are preserved: A freestanding expression macro preceded
+    // by try or await may need to know whether those keywords are present so it
+    // can propagate them to any expressions in its expansion which were passed
+    // as arguments to the macro. The expression of the try or await is replaced
+    // with a trivial placeholder, though.
+    case var tryExpr as TryExprSyntax:
+      tryExpr = tryExpr.detached
+      tryExpr.expression = ExprSyntax(TypeExprSyntax(type: IdentifierTypeSyntax(name: .wildcardToken())))
+      return Syntax(tryExpr)
+    case var awaitExpr as AwaitExprSyntax:
+      awaitExpr = awaitExpr.detached
+      awaitExpr.expression = ExprSyntax(TypeExprSyntax(type: IdentifierTypeSyntax(name: .wildcardToken())))
+      return Syntax(awaitExpr)
+
     default:
       return nil
     }
diff --git a/Tests/SwiftSyntaxMacroExpansionTest/LexicalContextTests.swift b/Tests/SwiftSyntaxMacroExpansionTest/LexicalContextTests.swift
index 533a2a4d19f..6b426aa7431 100644
--- a/Tests/SwiftSyntaxMacroExpansionTest/LexicalContextTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SwiftSyntaxMacroExpansionTest/LexicalContextTests.swift
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ final class LexicalContextTests: XCTestCase {
         struct S {
           let arg: C
           var contextDescription: String {
-            #lexicalContextDescription
+            try await #lexicalContextDescription
           }
         }
         return S(arg: c)
@@ -542,7 +542,9 @@ final class LexicalContextTests: XCTestCase {
           struct S {
             let arg: C
             var contextDescription: String {
-              """
+              try await """
+              await _
+              try _
               contextDescription: String
               struct S {}
               { c in
@@ -551,7 +553,7 @@ final class LexicalContextTests: XCTestCase {
                 struct S {
                   let arg: C
                   var contextDescription: String {
-                    #lexicalContextDescription
+                    try await #lexicalContextDescription
                   }
                 }
                 return S(arg: c)