diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index ed89032b781..00b637301c8 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -6525,6 +6525,9 @@ module ts {
 
         function getReturnTypeFromBody(func: FunctionLikeDeclaration, contextualMapper?: TypeMapper): Type {
             var contextualSignature = getContextualSignatureForFunctionLikeDeclaration(func);
+            if (!func.body) {
+                return unknownType;
+            }
             if (func.body.kind !== SyntaxKind.Block) {
                 var type = checkExpressionCached(<Expression>func.body, contextualMapper);
             }
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/errorInIncompleteMethodInObjectLiteral.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/errorInIncompleteMethodInObjectLiteral.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd498acec5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/errorInIncompleteMethodInObjectLiteral.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts'/>
+
+//// var x: { f(): string } = { f( }
+
+verify.numberOfErrorsInCurrentFile(1);
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