diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/eslint/no_unused_vars/fixers/fix_symbol.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/eslint/no_unused_vars/fixers/fix_symbol.rs
index e80141b8be5e6..d067d65edc54d 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/eslint/no_unused_vars/fixers/fix_symbol.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/eslint/no_unused_vars/fixers/fix_symbol.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ impl<'s, 'a> Symbol<'s, 'a> {
         Symbol<'s, 'a>: PartialEq<T>,
     {
         let Some(own_position) = list.iter().position(|el| self == el) else {
-            debug_assert!(false, "Symbol not found within its own parent declaration list");
+            // Happens when the symbol is in a destructuring pattern.
             return fixer.noop();
         };
         let mut delete_range = own.span();
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/eslint/no_unused_vars/tests/oxc.rs b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/eslint/no_unused_vars/tests/oxc.rs
index e38c0948a2fc7..47f8ef1a6522f 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/eslint/no_unused_vars/tests/oxc.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/rules/eslint/no_unused_vars/tests/oxc.rs
@@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ fn test_vars_destructure() {
             "const { a: { b }, ...rest } = obj; console.log(rest)",
             Some(json!( [{ "ignoreRestSiblings": true }] )),
         ),
+        // https://github.com/oxc-project/oxc/issues/4839
+        (r#"const l="",{e}=r"#, None),
     ];
 
     let fix = vec![
@@ -339,6 +341,8 @@ fn test_vars_destructure() {
             None,
             FixKind::DangerousSuggestion,
         ),
+        // TODO: destructures in VariableDeclarations with more than one declarator
+        (r#"const l="",{e}=r"#, r"const {e}=r", None, FixKind::All),
         // renaming
         // (
         //     "let a = 1; a = 2;",
diff --git a/crates/oxc_linter/src/snapshots/no_unused_vars@oxc-vars-destructure.snap b/crates/oxc_linter/src/snapshots/no_unused_vars@oxc-vars-destructure.snap
index 0b3bcf90c4d89..2bb7e83e4caaf 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_linter/src/snapshots/no_unused_vars@oxc-vars-destructure.snap
+++ b/crates/oxc_linter/src/snapshots/no_unused_vars@oxc-vars-destructure.snap
@@ -48,3 +48,19 @@ source: crates/oxc_linter/src/tester.rs
    ·              ╰── 'b' is declared here
    ╰────
   help: Consider removing this declaration.
+
+  ⚠ eslint(no-unused-vars): Variable 'l' is declared but never used.
+   ╭─[no_unused_vars.tsx:1:7]
+ 1 │ const l="",{e}=r
+   ·       ┬
+   ·       ╰── 'l' is declared here
+   ╰────
+  help: Consider removing this declaration.
+
+  ⚠ eslint(no-unused-vars): Variable 'e' is declared but never used.
+   ╭─[no_unused_vars.tsx:1:13]
+ 1 │ const l="",{e}=r
+   ·             ┬
+   ·             ╰── 'e' is declared here
+   ╰────
+  help: Consider removing this declaration.