diff --git a/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts b/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts
index 9845ec76fd3..00920325721 100644
--- a/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts
@@ -465,12 +465,14 @@ namespace ts {
         {
             name: "allowSyntheticDefaultImports",
             type: "boolean",
+            affectsSemanticDiagnostics: true,
             category: Diagnostics.Module_Resolution_Options,
             description: Diagnostics.Allow_default_imports_from_modules_with_no_default_export_This_does_not_affect_code_emit_just_typechecking
         },
         {
             name: "esModuleInterop",
             type: "boolean",
+            affectsSemanticDiagnostics: true,
             showInSimplifiedHelpView: true,
             category: Diagnostics.Module_Resolution_Options,
             description: Diagnostics.Enables_emit_interoperability_between_CommonJS_and_ES_Modules_via_creation_of_namespace_objects_for_all_imports_Implies_allowSyntheticDefaultImports
diff --git a/src/compiler/utilities.ts b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
index 77db371f701..97a71897f1f 100644
--- a/src/compiler/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
@@ -6972,13 +6972,8 @@ namespace ts {
             return false;
         }
 
-        for (const option of optionDeclarations) {
-            if ((option.strictFlag && getStrictOptionValue(newOptions, option.name as StrictOptionName) !== getStrictOptionValue(oldOptions, option.name as StrictOptionName)) ||
-                (option.affectsSemanticDiagnostics && !newOptions[option.name] !== !oldOptions[option.name])) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
+        return optionDeclarations.some(option => (!!option.strictFlag && getStrictOptionValue(newOptions, option.name as StrictOptionName) !== getStrictOptionValue(oldOptions, option.name as StrictOptionName)) ||
+            (!!option.affectsSemanticDiagnostics && !newOptions[option.name] !== !oldOptions[option.name]));
     }
 
     export function hasZeroOrOneAsteriskCharacter(str: string): boolean {