diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index fd786799b8b..4305227dab7 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -14340,6 +14340,11 @@ namespace ts {
             return false;
         }
 
+        function hasNarrowableDeclaredType(expr: Node) {
+            const type = getDeclaredTypeOfReference(expr);
+            return !!(type && type.flags & TypeFlags.Union);
+        }
+
         function findDiscriminantProperties(sourceProperties: Symbol[], target: Type): Symbol[] | undefined {
             let result: Symbol[] | undefined;
             for (const sourceProperty of sourceProperties) {
@@ -15373,9 +15378,9 @@ namespace ts {
                 // We have '==', '!=', '====', or !==' operator with 'typeof xxx' and string literal operands
                 const target = getReferenceCandidate(typeOfExpr.expression);
                 if (!isMatchingReference(reference, target)) {
-                    // For a reference of the form 'x.y', a 'typeof x === ...' type guard resets the
-                    // narrowed type of 'y' to its declared type.
-                    if (containsMatchingReference(reference, target)) {
+                    // For a reference of the form 'x.y', where 'x' has a narrowable declared type, a
+                    // 'typeof x === ...' type guard resets the narrowed type of 'y' to its declared type.
+                    if (containsMatchingReference(reference, target) && hasNarrowableDeclaredType(target)) {
                         return declaredType;
                     }
                     return type;
@@ -15516,9 +15521,9 @@ namespace ts {
             function narrowTypeByInstanceof(type: Type, expr: BinaryExpression, assumeTrue: boolean): Type {
                 const left = getReferenceCandidate(expr.left);
                 if (!isMatchingReference(reference, left)) {
-                    // For a reference of the form 'x.y', an 'x instanceof T' type guard resets the
-                    // narrowed type of 'y' to its declared type.
-                    if (containsMatchingReference(reference, left)) {
+                    // For a reference of the form 'x.y', where 'x' has a narrowable declared type, an
+                    // 'x instanceof T' type guard resets the narrowed type of 'y' to its declared type.
+                    if (containsMatchingReference(reference, left) && hasNarrowableDeclaredType(left)) {
                         return declaredType;
                     }
                     return type;