diff --git a/crates/oxc_codegen/src/gen.rs b/crates/oxc_codegen/src/gen.rs
index c36137311f5c9..fdb9c49a9dff8 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_codegen/src/gen.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_codegen/src/gen.rs
@@ -2079,18 +2079,23 @@ impl Gen for TemplateLiteral<'_> {
     fn r#gen(&self, p: &mut Codegen, _ctx: Context) {
         p.add_source_mapping(self.span);
         p.print_ascii_byte(b'`');
-        let mut expressions = self.expressions.iter();
 
-        for quasi in &self.quasis {
+        debug_assert_eq!(self.quasis.len(), self.expressions.len() + 1);
+
+        let (first_quasi, remaining_quasis) = self.quasis.split_first().unwrap();
+
+        p.add_source_mapping(first_quasi.span);
+        p.print_str_escaping_script_close_tag(first_quasi.value.raw.as_str());
+        p.add_source_mapping_end(first_quasi.span);
+
+        for (expr, quasi) in self.expressions.iter().zip(remaining_quasis) {
+            p.print_str("${");
+            p.print_expression(expr);
+            p.print_ascii_byte(b'}');
+
             p.add_source_mapping(quasi.span);
             p.print_str_escaping_script_close_tag(quasi.value.raw.as_str());
             p.add_source_mapping_end(quasi.span);
-
-            if let Some(expr) = expressions.next() {
-                p.print_str("${");
-                p.print_expression(expr);
-                p.print_ascii_byte(b'}');
-            }
         }
 
         p.print_ascii_byte(b'`');