diff --git a/src/services/services.ts b/src/services/services.ts
index bfee19b3a6a..78aeb4bfeea 100644
--- a/src/services/services.ts
+++ b/src/services/services.ts
@@ -4076,16 +4076,19 @@ namespace ts {
                 }
                 else {
                     // Method/function type parameter
-                    let signatureDeclaration = <SignatureDeclaration>getDeclarationOfKind(symbol, SyntaxKind.TypeParameter).parent;
-                    let signature = typeChecker.getSignatureFromDeclaration(signatureDeclaration);
-                    if (signatureDeclaration.kind === SyntaxKind.ConstructSignature) {
-                        displayParts.push(keywordPart(SyntaxKind.NewKeyword));
-                        displayParts.push(spacePart());
+                    let container = getContainingFunction(location);
+                    if (container) {
+                        let signatureDeclaration = <SignatureDeclaration>getDeclarationOfKind(symbol, SyntaxKind.TypeParameter).parent;
+                        let signature = typeChecker.getSignatureFromDeclaration(signatureDeclaration);
+                        if (signatureDeclaration.kind === SyntaxKind.ConstructSignature) {
+                            displayParts.push(keywordPart(SyntaxKind.NewKeyword));
+                            displayParts.push(spacePart());
+                        }
+                        else if (signatureDeclaration.kind !== SyntaxKind.CallSignature && signatureDeclaration.name) {
+                            addFullSymbolName(signatureDeclaration.symbol);
+                        }
+                        addRange(displayParts, signatureToDisplayParts(typeChecker, signature, sourceFile, TypeFormatFlags.WriteTypeArgumentsOfSignature));
                     }
-                    else if (signatureDeclaration.kind !== SyntaxKind.CallSignature && signatureDeclaration.name) {
-                        addFullSymbolName(signatureDeclaration.symbol);
-                    }
-                    addRange(displayParts, signatureToDisplayParts(typeChecker, signature, sourceFile, TypeFormatFlags.WriteTypeArgumentsOfSignature));
                 }
             }
             if (symbolFlags & SymbolFlags.EnumMember) {