diff --git a/src/services/codefixes/inferFromUsage.ts b/src/services/codefixes/inferFromUsage.ts
index 292b92dbd32..f7b5edc5ca7 100644
--- a/src/services/codefixes/inferFromUsage.ts
+++ b/src/services/codefixes/inferFromUsage.ts
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
                 return;
             }
             else {
-                const indexType = checker.getTypeAtLocation(parent);
+                const indexType = checker.getTypeAtLocation(parent.argumentExpression);
                 const indexUsageContext = {};
                 inferTypeFromContext(parent, checker, indexUsageContext);
                 if (indexType.flags & TypeFlags.NumberLike) {
@@ -562,11 +562,11 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
                 }
 
                 if (usageContext.numberIndexContext) {
-                    numberIndexInfo = checker.createIndexInfo(getTypeFromUsageContext(usageContext.numberIndexContext, checker)!, /*isReadonly*/ false); // TODO: GH#18217
+                    numberIndexInfo = checker.createIndexInfo(getTypeFromUsageContext(usageContext.numberIndexContext, checker) || checker.getAnyType(), /*isReadonly*/ false);
                 }
 
                 if (usageContext.stringIndexContext) {
-                    stringIndexInfo = checker.createIndexInfo(getTypeFromUsageContext(usageContext.stringIndexContext, checker)!, /*isReadonly*/ false);
+                    stringIndexInfo = checker.createIndexInfo(getTypeFromUsageContext(usageContext.stringIndexContext, checker) || checker.getAnyType(), /*isReadonly*/ false);
                 }
 
                 return checker.createAnonymousType(/*symbol*/ undefined!, members, callSignatures, constructSignatures, stringIndexInfo, numberIndexInfo); // TODO: GH#18217
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixInferFromUsageNumberIndexSignature.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixInferFromUsageNumberIndexSignature.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf031bd017f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixInferFromUsageNumberIndexSignature.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts' />
+
+// @noImplicitAny: true
+////function f([|a |]) {
+////    return a[0] + 1;
+////}
+
+verify.rangeAfterCodeFix("a: { [x: number]: number; }",/*includeWhiteSpace*/ undefined, /*errorCode*/ undefined, 0);
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixInferFromUsageStringIndexSignature.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixInferFromUsageStringIndexSignature.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..765f788e054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixInferFromUsageStringIndexSignature.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts' />
+
+// @noImplicitAny: true
+////function f([|a |]) {
+////    return a['hi'];
+////}
+
+verify.rangeAfterCodeFix("a: { [x: string]: any; }",/*includeWhiteSpace*/ undefined, /*errorCode*/ undefined, 0);
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/typeToStringCrashInCodeFix.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/typeToStringCrashInCodeFix.ts
index 261f0824406..5201a6b77fb 100644
--- a/tests/cases/fourslash/typeToStringCrashInCodeFix.ts
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/typeToStringCrashInCodeFix.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /// <reference path="fourslash.ts" />
 
 // @noImplicitAny: true
-//// function f(y, z = { p: y[
+//// function f([|y |], z = { p: y[
 
-verify.not.codeFixAvailable();
+verify.rangeAfterCodeFix("y: { [x: string]: any; }",/*includeWhiteSpace*/ undefined, /*errorCode*/ undefined, 0);