diff --git a/es2panda/compiler/core/function.cpp b/es2panda/compiler/core/function.cpp
index f85b20e3bb57c7db113cad1c8417804cab8e0f72..5d9a674a95083a0f9ef00ba52eef5e40c263408f 100644
--- a/es2panda/compiler/core/function.cpp
+++ b/es2panda/compiler/core/function.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace panda::es2panda::compiler {
 
 static void CompileSourceBlock(PandaGen *pg, const ir::BlockStatement *block)
 {
-    bool hasReturn = false;
+    bool endReturn = false;
 
     const auto &statements = block->Statements();
     pg->SetFirstStmt(statements.empty() ? block : statements.front());
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ static void CompileSourceBlock(PandaGen *pg, const ir::BlockStatement *block)
     for (const auto *stmt : statements) {
         stmt->Compile(pg);
 
-        if (stmt->IsReturnStatement()) {
-            hasReturn = true;
+        if (stmt->IsReturnStatement() && (stmt == statements[statements.size() - 1])) {
+            endReturn = true;
         }
     }
 
-    if (hasReturn) {
+    if (endReturn) {
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/es2panda/test/compiler/js/dead-code-after-return-missing-symbol-expected.txt b/es2panda/test/compiler/js/dead-code-after-return-missing-symbol-expected.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d00491fd7e5bb6fa28c517a0bb32b8b506539d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/es2panda/test/compiler/js/dead-code-after-return-missing-symbol-expected.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/es2panda/test/compiler/js/dead-code-after-return-missing-symbol.js b/es2panda/test/compiler/js/dead-code-after-return-missing-symbol.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..326967778015b11c07d444a76680dffba47495b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/es2panda/test/compiler/js/dead-code-after-return-missing-symbol.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+
+function f() {} 
+
+function f0() {
+    print(1);
+    return;
+    try {
+        f();
+    } catch (e) {
+
+    }
+}
+
+f0();