diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/inline/inl.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/inline/inl.go
index 339ea77509..e07bb3b324 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/inline/inl.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/inline/inl.go
@@ -1394,6 +1394,10 @@ func (subst *inlsubst) node(n ir.Node) ir.Node {
 		return ir.NewBlockStmt(base.Pos, init)
 
 	case ir.OGOTO:
+		if subst.newclofn != nil {
+			// Don't do special substitutions if inside a closure
+			break
+		}
 		n := n.(*ir.BranchStmt)
 		m := ir.Copy(n).(*ir.BranchStmt)
 		m.SetPos(subst.updatedPos(m.Pos()))
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue45947.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue45947.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4086449340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue45947.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// compile
+
+// 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 p
+
+func f() {
+	_ = func() func() {
+		return func() {
+		l:
+			goto l
+		}
+	}()
+}