diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/AbstractAsyncTypeReturnsNull.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/AbstractAsyncTypeReturnsNull.java
index 3bee542f95d..5ec7dc1b1a2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/AbstractAsyncTypeReturnsNull.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/AbstractAsyncTypeReturnsNull.java
@@ -16,27 +16,36 @@
 
 package com.google.errorprone.bugpatterns;
 
+import static com.google.common.collect.Streams.concat;
+import static com.google.common.collect.Streams.stream;
 import static com.google.errorprone.matchers.Description.NO_MATCH;
 import static com.google.errorprone.util.ASTHelpers.findSuperMethods;
 import static com.google.errorprone.util.ASTHelpers.getSymbol;
+import static com.google.errorprone.util.ASTHelpers.isSameType;
+import static com.google.errorprone.util.ASTHelpers.streamSuperMethods;
 import static com.sun.source.tree.Tree.Kind.NULL_LITERAL;
 
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures;
 import com.google.errorprone.VisitorState;
+import com.google.errorprone.bugpatterns.BugChecker.LambdaExpressionTreeMatcher;
 import com.google.errorprone.bugpatterns.BugChecker.ReturnTreeMatcher;
 import com.google.errorprone.fixes.SuggestedFix;
 import com.google.errorprone.matchers.Description;
+import com.google.errorprone.util.ASTHelpers;
 import com.sun.source.tree.ExpressionTree;
+import com.sun.source.tree.LambdaExpressionTree;
 import com.sun.source.tree.MethodTree;
 import com.sun.source.tree.ReturnTree;
-import com.sun.source.tree.StatementTree;
-import com.sun.source.util.TreePath;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol.MethodSymbol;
+import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Type;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 /**
  * Superclass for checks that {@code AsyncCallable} and {@code AsyncFunction} implementations do not
  * directly {@code return null}.
  */
-abstract class AbstractAsyncTypeReturnsNull extends BugChecker implements ReturnTreeMatcher {
+abstract class AbstractAsyncTypeReturnsNull extends BugChecker
+    implements ReturnTreeMatcher, LambdaExpressionTreeMatcher {
   private final Class<?> asyncClass;
 
   AbstractAsyncTypeReturnsNull(Class<?> asyncClass) {
@@ -44,25 +53,66 @@ abstract class AbstractAsyncTypeReturnsNull extends BugChecker implements Return
   }
 
   @Override
-  public final Description matchReturn(ReturnTree tree, VisitorState state) {
-    if (tree.getExpression() == null || tree.getExpression().getKind() != NULL_LITERAL) {
+  public final Description matchLambdaExpression(LambdaExpressionTree tree, VisitorState state) {
+    if (tree.getBody().getKind() != NULL_LITERAL) {
       return NO_MATCH;
     }
-    TreePath path = state.getPath();
-    while (path != null && path.getLeaf() instanceof StatementTree) {
-      path = path.getParentPath();
+    Type functionalInterfaceType = ASTHelpers.getType(tree);
+    if (functionalInterfaceType == null) {
+      return NO_MATCH;
     }
-    if (path == null || !(path.getLeaf() instanceof MethodTree methodTree)) {
+
+    if (!lambdaOverridesAsyncMethod(tree, state)) {
       return NO_MATCH;
     }
-    if (findSuperMethods(getSymbol(methodTree), state.getTypes()).stream()
-        .noneMatch(
-            superMethod ->
-                superMethod.owner != null
-                    && superMethod.owner.getQualifiedName().contentEquals(asyncClass.getName()))) {
+
+    return describeMatch(tree, provideFix((ExpressionTree) tree.getBody()));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public final Description matchReturn(ReturnTree tree, VisitorState state) {
+    if (tree.getExpression() == null || tree.getExpression().getKind() != NULL_LITERAL) {
       return NO_MATCH;
     }
-    return describeMatch(tree, provideFix(tree.getExpression()));
+    Type asyncType = state.getTypeFromString(asyncClass.getName());
+    boolean matches =
+        stream(state.getPath())
+            .map(
+                t ->
+                    switch (t) {
+                      case MethodTree methodTree ->
+                          findSuperMethods(getSymbol(methodTree), state.getTypes()).stream()
+                              .anyMatch(
+                                  superMethod ->
+                                      superMethod.owner != null
+                                          && isSameType(superMethod.owner.type, asyncType, state));
+                      case LambdaExpressionTree lambdaTree ->
+                          lambdaOverridesAsyncMethod(lambdaTree, state);
+                      default -> null;
+                    })
+            .filter(match -> match != null)
+            .findFirst()
+            .orElse(false);
+    return matches ? describeMatch(tree, provideFix(tree.getExpression())) : NO_MATCH;
+  }
+
+  private boolean lambdaOverridesAsyncMethod(LambdaExpressionTree lambdaTree, VisitorState state) {
+    Type functionalInterfaceType = ASTHelpers.getType(lambdaTree);
+    if (functionalInterfaceType == null) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    var descriptorSymbol = state.getTypes().findDescriptorSymbol(functionalInterfaceType.tsym);
+
+    Type asyncType = state.getTypeFromString(asyncClass.getName());
+    return (descriptorSymbol instanceof MethodSymbol ms)
+        && concat(
+                Stream.of(ms),
+                streamSuperMethods((MethodSymbol) descriptorSymbol, state.getTypes()))
+            .anyMatch(
+                superMethod ->
+                    superMethod.owner != null
+                        && isSameType(superMethod.owner.type, asyncType, state));
   }
 
   protected SuggestedFix provideFix(ExpressionTree tree) {