diff --git a/src/harness/unittests/extractMethods.ts b/src/harness/unittests/extractMethods.ts
index c9f3fe358bb..28f45c6997b 100644
--- a/src/harness/unittests/extractMethods.ts
+++ b/src/harness/unittests/extractMethods.ts
@@ -378,6 +378,8 @@ namespace A {
             "Cannot extract range containing conditional return statement."
         ]);
 
+        testExtractRangeFailed("extract-method-not-for-token-expression-statement", `[#|a|]`, ["Select more than a single token."]);
+
         testExtractMethod("extractMethod1",
             `namespace A {
     let x = 1;
diff --git a/src/services/refactors/extractMethod.ts b/src/services/refactors/extractMethod.ts
index 287d6a8d7de..505f514b04c 100644
--- a/src/services/refactors/extractMethod.ts
+++ b/src/services/refactors/extractMethod.ts
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ namespace ts.refactor.extractMethod {
         }
 
         function checkRootNode(node: Node): Diagnostic[] | undefined {
-            if (isToken(node)) {
+            if (isToken(isExpressionStatement(node) ? node.expression : node)) {
                 return [createDiagnosticForNode(node, Messages.InsufficientSelection)];
             }
             return undefined;