diff --git a/src/services/codefixes/convertToAsyncFunction.ts b/src/services/codefixes/convertToAsyncFunction.ts
index 5625f5b4a55..a972dff548a 100644
--- a/src/services/codefixes/convertToAsyncFunction.ts
+++ b/src/services/codefixes/convertToAsyncFunction.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
 
                 // if the identifier refers to a function we want to add the new synthesized variable for the declaration (ex. blob in let blob = res(arg))
                 // Note - the choice of the last call signature is arbitrary
-                if (lastCallSignature && !synthNamesMap.has(symbolIdString)) {
+                if (lastCallSignature && !isFunctionLikeDeclaration(node.parent) && !synthNamesMap.has(symbolIdString)) {
                     const firstParameter = firstOrUndefined(lastCallSignature.parameters);
                     const ident = firstParameter && isParameter(firstParameter.valueDeclaration) && tryCast(firstParameter.valueDeclaration.name, isIdentifier) || createOptimisticUniqueName("result");
                     const synthName = getNewNameIfConflict(ident, collidingSymbolMap);
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/convertToAsyncFunction/convertToAsyncFunction_IgnoreArgs4.js b/tests/baselines/reference/convertToAsyncFunction/convertToAsyncFunction_IgnoreArgs4.js
index a03eb467b2f..a8cbdff4451 100644
--- a/tests/baselines/reference/convertToAsyncFunction/convertToAsyncFunction_IgnoreArgs4.js
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/convertToAsyncFunction/convertToAsyncFunction_IgnoreArgs4.js
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ function res(){
 // ==ASYNC FUNCTION::Convert to async function==
 
 async function f() {
-    const result_1 = await fetch('https://typescriptlang.org');
-    return res(result_1);
+    const result = await fetch('https://typescriptlang.org');
+    return res(result);
 }
 function res(){
     console.log("done");
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/convertToAsyncFunction/convertToAsyncFunction_IgnoreArgs4.ts b/tests/baselines/reference/convertToAsyncFunction/convertToAsyncFunction_IgnoreArgs4.ts
index a03eb467b2f..a8cbdff4451 100644
--- a/tests/baselines/reference/convertToAsyncFunction/convertToAsyncFunction_IgnoreArgs4.ts
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/convertToAsyncFunction/convertToAsyncFunction_IgnoreArgs4.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ function res(){
 // ==ASYNC FUNCTION::Convert to async function==
 
 async function f() {
-    const result_1 = await fetch('https://typescriptlang.org');
-    return res(result_1);
+    const result = await fetch('https://typescriptlang.org');
+    return res(result);
 }
 function res(){
     console.log("done");