diff --git a/src/compiler/visitor.ts b/src/compiler/visitor.ts
index fbed806a8ad..b2ab3b19b47 100644
--- a/src/compiler/visitor.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/visitor.ts
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ namespace ts {
 
             case SyntaxKind.TaggedTemplateExpression:
                 result = reduceNode((<TaggedTemplateExpression>node).tag, cbNode, result);
-                result = reduceNodes((<NewExpression>node).typeArguments, cbNodes, result);
+                result = reduceNodes((<TaggedTemplateExpression>node).typeArguments, cbNodes, result);
                 result = reduceNode((<TaggedTemplateExpression>node).template, cbNode, result);
                 break;