diff --git a/src/services/codefixes/inferFromUsage.ts b/src/services/codefixes/inferFromUsage.ts
index b5a9e15f5a4..18df488e979 100644
--- a/src/services/codefixes/inferFromUsage.ts
+++ b/src/services/codefixes/inferFromUsage.ts
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
     }
 
     function makeFix(declaration: Declaration, start: number, type: Type | undefined, program: Program): Fix | undefined {
-        return type && { declaration, textChanges: [makeChange(declaration, start, type, program)] };
+        const change = makeChange(declaration, start, type, program);
+        return change && { declaration, textChanges: [change] };
     }
 
     function makeChange(declaration: Declaration, start: number, type: Type | undefined, program: Program): TextChange | undefined {
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixInferFromUsageSetterWithInaccessibleType.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixInferFromUsageSetterWithInaccessibleType.ts
index 993a58e8e8e..96c76a64837 100644
--- a/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixInferFromUsageSetterWithInaccessibleType.ts
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixInferFromUsageSetterWithInaccessibleType.ts
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 ////}
 
 goTo.file("/b.ts");
-verify.codeFixAvailable();
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+verify.not.codeFixAvailable();
\ No newline at end of file