diff --git a/src/compiler/factory.ts b/src/compiler/factory.ts
index 3ed1c3bb9d5..718bf48389a 100644
--- a/src/compiler/factory.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/factory.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ namespace ts {
     export function createNumericLiteral(value: string): NumericLiteral {
         const node = <NumericLiteral>createSynthesizedNode(SyntaxKind.NumericLiteral);
         node.text = value;
+        node.numericLiteralFlags = 0;
         return node;
     }