diff --git a/src/services/refactors/helpers.ts b/src/services/refactors/helpers.ts
index 8fc99f2794e..71885488c63 100644
--- a/src/services/refactors/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/services/refactors/helpers.ts
@@ -75,18 +75,18 @@ export function addTargetFileImports(
      * but sometimes it fails because of unresolved imports from files, or when a source file is not available for the target file (in this case when creating a new file).
      * So in that case, fall back to copying the import verbatim.
      */
-    importsToCopy.forEach(([isValidTypeOnlyUseSite, declaration], symbol) => {
-        const targetSymbol = skipAlias(symbol, checker);
-        if (checker.isUnknownSymbol(targetSymbol)) {
-            importAdder.addVerbatimImport(Debug.checkDefined(declaration ?? findAncestor(symbol.declarations?.[0], isAnyImportOrRequireStatement)));
-        }
-        else if (targetSymbol.parent === undefined && (targetSymbol.flags & SymbolFlags.Module)) {
-            Debug.assert(declaration !== undefined, "expected module symbol to have a declaration");
-            importAdder.addImportForModuleSymbol(symbol, isValidTypeOnlyUseSite, declaration);
-        }
-        else {
-            importAdder.addImportFromExportedSymbol(targetSymbol, isValidTypeOnlyUseSite, declaration);
-        }
+    importsToCopy.forEach(([isValidTypeOnlyUseSite, declaration], symbol) => {
+        const targetSymbol = skipAlias(symbol, checker);
+        if (checker.isUnknownSymbol(targetSymbol)) {
+            importAdder.addVerbatimImport(Debug.checkDefined(declaration ?? findAncestor(symbol.declarations?.[0], isAnyImportOrRequireStatement)));
+        }
+        else if (targetSymbol.parent === undefined && (targetSymbol.flags & SymbolFlags.Module)) {
+            Debug.assert(declaration !== undefined, "expected module symbol to have a declaration");
+            importAdder.addImportForModuleSymbol(symbol, isValidTypeOnlyUseSite, declaration);
+        }
+        else {
+            importAdder.addImportFromExportedSymbol(targetSymbol, isValidTypeOnlyUseSite, declaration);
+        }
     });
 
     addImportsForMovedSymbols(targetFileImportsFromOldFile, oldFile.fileName, importAdder, program);
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/moveToNewFileReactComponent.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/moveToNewFileReactComponent.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d57027447d2..00000000000
--- a/tests/cases/fourslash/moveToNewFileReactComponent.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/// <reference path='fourslash.ts'/>
-
-// @jsx: react
-
-// @Filename: /Component.tsx
-////import React from 'react';
-////import { useState } from 'react';
-////
-////export const ComponentA = () => {
-////    const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
-////    return <div onClick={() => setCount(count + 1)}>Component A: {count}</div>;
-////};
-////
-////[|export const ComponentB = () => {
-////    const [text, setText] = useState('Hello');
-////    return <div><input value={text} onChange={(e) => setText(e.target.value)} /><span>{text}</span></div>;
-////};|]
-
-verify.moveToNewFile({
-    newFileContents: {
-        "/Component.tsx":
-`import React from 'react';
-import { useState } from 'react';
-
-export const ComponentA = () => {
-    const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
-    return <div onClick={() => setCount(count + 1)}>Component A: {count}</div>;
-};`,
-
-        "/ComponentB.tsx":
-`import React from 'react';
-import { useState } from 'react';
-
-export const ComponentB = () => {
-    const [text, setText] = useState('Hello');
-    return <div><input value={text} onChange={(e) => setText(e.target.value)} /><span>{text}</span></div>;
-};`,
-    },
-});
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diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/moveToNewFileSymbolWithoutParent.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/moveToNewFileSymbolWithoutParent.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..163a4a4aa19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/moveToNewFileSymbolWithoutParent.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts'/>
+
+// Test for move to new file with symbols that don't have a parent but aren't modules
+// This reproduces the scenario that caused the debug assertion failure
+
+// @Filename: /a.ts
+////export const someVar = 42;
+////[|export const anotherVar = 24;|]
+
+verify.moveToNewFile({
+    newFileContents: {
+        "/a.ts":
+`export const someVar = 42;
+`,
+
+        "/anotherVar.ts":
+`export const anotherVar = 24;
+`,
+    },
+});
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