diff --git a/src/compiler/parser.ts b/src/compiler/parser.ts
index f3b0c2c06e6..e56ff98846e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parser.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/parser.ts
@@ -4439,8 +4439,9 @@ namespace ts {
                 parseExpected(SyntaxKind.CloseBraceToken);
             }
             else {
-                parseExpected(SyntaxKind.CloseBraceToken, /*message*/ undefined, /*shouldAdvance*/ false);
-                scanJsxText();
+                if (parseExpected(SyntaxKind.CloseBraceToken, /*message*/ undefined, /*shouldAdvance*/ false)) {
+                    scanJsxText();
+                }
             }
 
             return finishNode(node);
diff --git a/src/harness/fourslash.ts b/src/harness/fourslash.ts
index a2e2c0f29af..5d0725ea106 100644
--- a/src/harness/fourslash.ts
+++ b/src/harness/fourslash.ts
@@ -582,12 +582,13 @@ namespace FourSlash {
             });
         }
 
-        public verifyErrorExistsAtRange(range: Range, code: number) {
+        public verifyErrorExistsAtRange(range: Range, code: number, expectedMessage?: string) {
             const span = ts.createTextSpanFromRange(range);
             const hasMatchingError = ts.some(
                 this.getDiagnostics(range.fileName),
-                ({ code, start, length }) =>
+                ({ code, messageText, start, length }) =>
                     code === code &&
+                    (!expectedMessage || expectedMessage === messageText) &&
                     ts.isNumber(start) && ts.isNumber(length) &&
                     ts.textSpansEqual(span, { start, length }));
 
@@ -3982,8 +3983,8 @@ namespace FourSlashInterface {
             this.state.verifyNoErrors();
         }
 
-        public errorExistsAtRange(range: FourSlash.Range, code: number) {
-            this.state.verifyErrorExistsAtRange(range, code);
+        public errorExistsAtRange(range: FourSlash.Range, code: number, message?: string) {
+            this.state.verifyErrorExistsAtRange(range, code, message);
         }
 
         public numberOfErrorsInCurrentFile(expected: number) {
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/fourslash.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/fourslash.ts
index 427a3558b31..e6f2a08f002 100644
--- a/tests/cases/fourslash/fourslash.ts
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/fourslash.ts
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ declare namespace FourSlashInterface {
         signatureHelp(...options: VerifySignatureHelpOptions[], ): void;
         // Checks that there are no compile errors.
         noErrors(): void;
-        errorExistsAtRange(range: Range, code: number): void;
+        errorExistsAtRange(range: Range, code: number, message?: string): void;
         numberOfErrorsInCurrentFile(expected: number): void;
         baselineCurrentFileBreakpointLocations(): void;
         baselineCurrentFileNameOrDottedNameSpans(): void;
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/jsxExpressionFollowedByIdentifier.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/jsxExpressionFollowedByIdentifier.ts
index d040bacd546..501a325b989 100644
--- a/tests/cases/fourslash/jsxExpressionFollowedByIdentifier.ts
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/jsxExpressionFollowedByIdentifier.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,11 @@
 
 //@Filename: jsxExpressionFollowedByIdentifier.tsx
 ////declare var React: any;
-////declare var x: string;
 ////const a = <div>{<div />[|x|]}</div>
 ////const b = <div x={<div />[|x|]} />
 
-const range = test.ranges()[0];
-verify.getSyntacticDiagnostics([{
-  code: 1005,
-  message: "'}' expected.",
-  range,
-}]);
-verify.quickInfoAt(range, 'var x: string');
\ No newline at end of file
+test.ranges().forEach(range => {
+  verify.errorExistsAtRange(range, 1005, "'}' expected.");
+  // This is just to ensure getting quick info doesn’t crash
+  verify.not.quickInfoExists();
+});