diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/iimport.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/iimport.go
index 7b5b113b15..29090a9178 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/iimport.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/iimport.go
@@ -986,15 +986,19 @@ func (r *importReader) node() ir.Node {
 		fn.ClosureVars = cvars
 		r.allClosureVars = append(r.allClosureVars, cvars...)
 
-		fn.Dcl = r.readFuncDcls(fn)
-		body := r.stmtList()
+		fn.Inl = &ir.Inline{}
+		// Read in the Dcls and Body of the closure after temporarily
+		// setting r.curfn to fn.
+		r.funcBody(fn)
+		fn.Dcl = fn.Inl.Dcl
+		fn.Body = fn.Inl.Body
+		fn.Inl = nil
+
 		ir.FinishCaptureNames(pos, r.curfn, fn)
 
 		clo := ir.NewClosureExpr(pos, fn)
 		fn.OClosure = clo
 
-		fn.Body = body
-
 		return clo
 
 	// case OPTRLIT:
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue44335.dir/a.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue44335.dir/a.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c9c217813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue44335.dir/a.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// 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 W struct {
+	M func(string) string
+}
+
+func FM(m string) func(W) {
+	return func(pw W) {
+		pw.M = func(string) string {
+			return m
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue44335.dir/b.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue44335.dir/b.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e72c2abc6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue44335.dir/b.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// 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 b
+
+import "./a"
+
+func F() {
+	a.FM("")
+}
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue44335.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue44335.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d406838588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue44335.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// compiledir
+
+// 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