diff --git a/tracing-attributes/src/expand.rs b/tracing-attributes/src/expand.rs
index 321f0ce810..8acc9e6e19 100644
--- a/tracing-attributes/src/expand.rs
+++ b/tracing-attributes/src/expand.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ pub(crate) fn gen_function<'a, B: ToTokens + 'a>(
 
     quote!(
         #(#outer_attrs) *
-        #vis #constness #unsafety #asyncness #abi fn #ident<#gen_params>(#params) #output
+        #vis #constness #asyncness #unsafety #abi fn #ident<#gen_params>(#params) #output
         #where_clause
         {
             #(#inner_attrs) *
diff --git a/tracing-attributes/tests/async_fn.rs b/tracing-attributes/tests/async_fn.rs
index 1d92734007..affa89ea35 100644
--- a/tracing-attributes/tests/async_fn.rs
+++ b/tracing-attributes/tests/async_fn.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ async fn test_ret_impl_trait_err(n: i32) -> Result<impl Iterator<Item = i32>, &'
 #[instrument]
 async fn test_async_fn_empty() {}
 
+#[instrument]
+async unsafe fn test_async_unsafe_fn_empty() {}
+
 // Reproduces a compile error when an instrumented function body contains inner
 // attributes (https://github.com/tokio-rs/tracing/issues/2294).
 #[deny(unused_variables)]