diff --git a/src/compiler/binder.ts b/src/compiler/binder.ts
index 63791096192..47950566dfd 100644
--- a/src/compiler/binder.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/binder.ts
@@ -2966,7 +2966,7 @@ namespace ts {
             }
             else {
                 const symbol = lookupSymbolForPropertyAccess(node.expression);
-                return symbol && symbol.exports && symbol.exports.get(escapeLeadingUnderscores(getElementOrPropertyAccessName(node)));
+                return symbol && symbol.exports && symbol.exports.get(getElementOrPropertyAccessName(node));
             }
         }
 
@@ -2979,7 +2979,7 @@ namespace ts {
             }
             else {
                 const s = forEachIdentifierInEntityName(e.expression, parent, action);
-                return action(getNameOrArgument(e), s && s.exports && s.exports.get(escapeLeadingUnderscores(getElementOrPropertyAccessName(e))), s);
+                return action(getNameOrArgument(e), s && s.exports && s.exports.get(getElementOrPropertyAccessName(e)), s);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index 0303668818b..eb3f51da2c9 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -20940,7 +20940,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         if (!decl) {
                             return false;
                         }
-                        const lhs = binaryExpression.left as PropertyAccessExpression;
+                        const lhs = cast(binaryExpression.left, isAccessExpression);
                         const overallAnnotation = getEffectiveTypeAnnotationNode(decl);
                         if (overallAnnotation) {
                             return getTypeFromTypeNode(overallAnnotation);
@@ -20951,8 +20951,11 @@ namespace ts {
                             if (parentSymbol) {
                                 const annotated = getEffectiveTypeAnnotationNode(parentSymbol.valueDeclaration);
                                 if (annotated) {
-                                    const type = getTypeOfPropertyOfContextualType(getTypeFromTypeNode(annotated), lhs.name.escapedText);
-                                    return type || false;
+                                    const nameStr = getElementOrPropertyAccessName(lhs);
+                                    if (nameStr !== undefined) {
+                                        const type = getTypeOfPropertyOfContextualType(getTypeFromTypeNode(annotated), nameStr);
+                                        return type || false;
+                                    }
                                 }
                                 return false;
                             }
@@ -20972,12 +20975,13 @@ namespace ts {
                         }
                     }
                     if (kind === AssignmentDeclarationKind.ModuleExports) return false;
-                    const thisAccess = binaryExpression.left as PropertyAccessExpression;
+                    const thisAccess = cast(binaryExpression.left, isAccessExpression);
                     if (!isObjectLiteralMethod(getThisContainer(thisAccess.expression, /*includeArrowFunctions*/ false))) {
                         return false;
                     }
                     const thisType = checkThisExpression(thisAccess.expression);
-                    return thisType && getTypeOfPropertyOfContextualType(thisType, thisAccess.name.escapedText) || false;
+                    const nameStr = getElementOrPropertyAccessName(thisAccess);
+                    return nameStr !== undefined && thisType && getTypeOfPropertyOfContextualType(thisType, nameStr) || false;
                 case AssignmentDeclarationKind.ObjectDefinePropertyValue:
                 case AssignmentDeclarationKind.ObjectDefinePropertyExports:
                 case AssignmentDeclarationKind.ObjectDefinePrototypeProperty:
diff --git a/src/compiler/utilities.ts b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
index 63650297da2..a0988cfa7e3 100644
--- a/src/compiler/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
@@ -2128,18 +2128,21 @@ namespace ts {
     }
 
     /* @internal */
-    export function getElementOrPropertyAccessName(node: LiteralLikeElementAccessExpression | PropertyAccessExpression): string;
-    export function getElementOrPropertyAccessName(node: AccessExpression): string | undefined;
-    export function getElementOrPropertyAccessName(node: AccessExpression): string | undefined {
+    export function getElementOrPropertyAccessName(node: LiteralLikeElementAccessExpression | PropertyAccessExpression): __String;
+    export function getElementOrPropertyAccessName(node: AccessExpression): __String | undefined;
+    export function getElementOrPropertyAccessName(node: AccessExpression): __String | undefined {
         const name = getElementOrPropertyAccessArgumentExpressionOrName(node);
         if (name) {
             if (isIdentifier(name)) {
-                return idText(name);
+                return name.escapedText;
             }
             if (isStringLiteralLike(name) || isNumericLiteral(name)) {
-                return name.text;
+                return escapeLeadingUnderscores(name.text);
             }
         }
+        if (isElementAccessExpression(node) && isWellKnownSymbolSyntactically(node.argumentExpression)) {
+            return getPropertyNameForKnownSymbolName(idText((<PropertyAccessExpression>node.argumentExpression).name));
+        }
         return undefined;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.errors.txt b/tests/baselines/reference/jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.errors.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d64700447b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.errors.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+tests/cases/compiler/jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js(2,1): error TS2741: Property 'localize' is missing in type '{}' but required in type 'typeof Common'.
+
+
+==== tests/cases/compiler/jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js (1 errors) ====
+    var Common = {};
+    self['Common'] = self['Common'] || {};
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS2741: Property 'localize' is missing in type '{}' but required in type 'typeof Common'.
+!!! related TS2728 tests/cases/compiler/jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js:7:1: 'localize' is declared here.
+    /**
+     * @param {string} string
+     * @return {string}
+     */
+    Common.localize = function (string) {
+        return string;
+    };
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diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.symbols b/tests/baselines/reference/jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.symbols
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b14b0a0dd79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.symbols
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+=== tests/cases/compiler/jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js ===
+var Common = {};
+>Common : Symbol(Common, Decl(jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js, 0, 3), Decl(jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js, 1, 38))
+
+self['Common'] = self['Common'] || {};
+>self : Symbol(self, Decl(lib.dom.d.ts, --, --), Decl(jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js, 0, 16))
+>'Common' : Symbol(Common, Decl(jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js, 0, 3), Decl(jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js, 1, 38))
+>self : Symbol(self, Decl(lib.dom.d.ts, --, --), Decl(jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js, 0, 16))
+>'Common' : Symbol(Common, Decl(jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js, 0, 3), Decl(jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js, 1, 38))
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} string
+ * @return {string}
+ */
+Common.localize = function (string) {
+>Common.localize : Symbol(Common.localize, Decl(jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js, 1, 38))
+>Common : Symbol(Common, Decl(jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js, 0, 3), Decl(jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js, 1, 38))
+>localize : Symbol(Common.localize, Decl(jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js, 1, 38))
+>string : Symbol(string, Decl(jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js, 6, 28))
+
+    return string;
+>string : Symbol(string, Decl(jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js, 6, 28))
+
+};
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.types b/tests/baselines/reference/jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.types
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..860743446e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.types
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+=== tests/cases/compiler/jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js ===
+var Common = {};
+>Common : typeof Common
+>{} : {}
+
+self['Common'] = self['Common'] || {};
+>self['Common'] = self['Common'] || {} : {}
+>self['Common'] : typeof Common
+>self : Window & typeof globalThis
+>'Common' : "Common"
+>self['Common'] || {} : {}
+>self['Common'] : typeof Common
+>self : Window & typeof globalThis
+>'Common' : "Common"
+>{} : {}
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} string
+ * @return {string}
+ */
+Common.localize = function (string) {
+>Common.localize = function (string) {    return string;} : (string: string) => string
+>Common.localize : (string: string) => string
+>Common : typeof Common
+>localize : (string: string) => string
+>function (string) {    return string;} : (string: string) => string
+>string : string
+
+    return string;
+>string : string
+
+};
diff --git a/tests/cases/compiler/jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.ts b/tests/cases/compiler/jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a4e66da499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/compiler/jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// @checkJs: true
+// @allowJs: true
+// @noEmit: true
+// @filename: jsElementAccessNoContextualTypeCrash.js
+var Common = {};
+self['Common'] = self['Common'] || {};
+/**
+ * @param {string} string
+ * @return {string}
+ */
+Common.localize = function (string) {
+    return string;
+};
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