diff --git a/src/js_parser/scan/scan_side_effects.rs b/src/js_parser/scan/scan_side_effects.rs
index f7b61bbaf66..f78c9124c3b 100644
--- a/src/js_parser/scan/scan_side_effects.rs
+++ b/src/js_parser/scan/scan_side_effects.rs
@@ -652,6 +652,13 @@ impl SideEffects {
                     Self::find_identifiers(binding, &mut decls);
                 }
 
+                // Drop the statement entirely when the destructuring pattern binds no
+                // identifiers — e.g. `if (0) var []`. An empty `var;` is invalid syntax,
+                // and the printer asserts it never sees an empty decl list.
+                if decls.is_empty() {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
                 local.decls = G::DeclList::move_from_list(decls);
                 true
             }
diff --git a/src/jsc/bindings/wtf-bindings.cpp b/src/jsc/bindings/wtf-bindings.cpp
index 0d4968f805f..8b09b5a8665 100644
--- a/src/jsc/bindings/wtf-bindings.cpp
+++ b/src/jsc/bindings/wtf-bindings.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ extern "C" int uv_tty_reset_mode(void)
 
 static void uv__tty_make_raw(struct termios* tio)
 {
-    assert(tio != NULL);
+    ASSERT(tio != NULL);
 
 #if defined __sun || defined __MVS__
     /*
diff --git a/test/regression/issue/31002.test.ts b/test/regression/issue/31002.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1a08764a638
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/issue/31002.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/31002
+//
+// `if (0) var []` (a destructuring `var` with zero bindings inside a
+// statically-dead branch) panicked the printer with
+// `panic: internal error: entered unreachable code` at
+// `src/js_printer/lib.rs:2308`. The printer asserts that a `var` decl list
+// is never empty ("var;" is invalid syntax). The dead-code elimination
+// pass in `scan_side_effects.rs::should_keep_stmt_in_dead_control_flow`
+// hoists identifiers out of destructuring patterns to preserve `var`
+// hoisting semantics; when the pattern binds no identifiers (`var []`,
+// `var {}`) the list collapsed to empty but the statement was still
+// kept, tripping the printer invariant in the next pass.
+//
+// The fix: when the hoisted identifiers vector is empty, drop the whole
+// statement. There is nothing to hoist and no valid `var` output exists.
+//
+// Run in a subprocess so a reintroduction (panic in the child) doesn't
+// tear down the in-process test runner.
+
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { bunEnv, bunExe } from "harness";
+
+test.concurrent.each([
+  // Bare `var []` / `var {}` as the only statement in a dead `if` body.
+  // These were the exact forms in the bug report; without the fix, each
+  // one crashed the printer.
+  "if(0)var[]",
+  "if(0)var{}",
+  // Same empty destructuring inside a function body — the DCE path runs
+  // per-scope and must not crash regardless of enclosing scope.
+  "function f(){if(0)var[]}",
+])("`%s` does not crash the printer (dead-branch destructuring var with no bindings)", async source => {
+  await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+    cmd: [bunExe(), "-e", source],
+    env: bunEnv,
+    stdin: "ignore",
+    stdout: "pipe",
+    stderr: "pipe",
+    timeout: 10_000,
+  });
+  const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+
+  // Before the fix: stderr carried `panic: internal error: entered
+  // unreachable code` and the process exited with a crash signal.
+  // After the fix: the dead branch is dropped and the program exits 0
+  // with no output.
+  expect(stdout).toBe("");
+  expect(stderr).toBe("");
+  expect(proc.signalCode).toBeNull();
+  expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+});
+
+test.concurrent("dead-branch destructuring with real identifiers still hoists them as `undefined`", async () => {
+  // Regression guard: the fix must not drop destructuring `var`s that do
+  // introduce bindings — those still need to be hoisted so that reads
+  // after the dead `if` see `undefined` (not ReferenceError).
+  await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+    cmd: [bunExe(), "-e", "if(0) var [a, b] = []; console.log(typeof a, typeof b);"],
+    env: bunEnv,
+    stdin: "ignore",
+    stdout: "pipe",
+    stderr: "pipe",
+    timeout: 10_000,
+  });
+  const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+
+  expect(stdout).toBe("undefined undefined\n");
+  expect(stderr).toBe("");
+  expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+});