diff --git a/src/compiler/factory.ts b/src/compiler/factory.ts
index b8b77193ed0..7c98dba8494 100644
--- a/src/compiler/factory.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/factory.ts
@@ -4340,7 +4340,7 @@ namespace ts {
         }
     }
 
-    function getLeftmostExpression(node: Expression, stopAtCallExpressions: boolean) {
+    function getLeftmostExpression(node: Expression, stopAtCallExpressions: boolean | undefined) {
         while (true) {
             switch (node.kind) {
                 case SyntaxKind.PostfixUnaryExpression:
@@ -4354,19 +4354,17 @@ namespace ts {
                 case SyntaxKind.ConditionalExpression:
                     node = (<ConditionalExpression>node).condition;
                     continue;
-
                 case SyntaxKind.CallExpression:
                     if (stopAtCallExpressions) {
                         return node;
                     }
                     // falls through
+                case SyntaxKind.AsExpression:
                 case SyntaxKind.ElementAccessExpression:
                 case SyntaxKind.PropertyAccessExpression:
-                    node = (<CallExpression | PropertyAccessExpression | ElementAccessExpression>node).expression;
-                    continue;
-
+                case SyntaxKind.NonNullExpression:
                 case SyntaxKind.PartiallyEmittedExpression:
-                    node = (<PartiallyEmittedExpression>node).expression;
+                    node = (<CallExpression | PropertyAccessExpression | ElementAccessExpression | AsExpression | NonNullExpression | PartiallyEmittedExpression>node).expression;
                     continue;
             }