diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index fbe192c5629..347d8c911f3 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -4151,13 +4151,13 @@ namespace ts {
             if (parentType === unknownType) {
                 return unknownType;
             }
-            // If no type was specified or inferred for parent, or if the specified or inferred type is any,
-            // infer from the initializer of the binding element if one is present. Otherwise, go with the
-            // undefined or any type of the parent.
-            if (!parentType || isTypeAny(parentType)) {
-                if (declaration.initializer) {
-                    return checkDeclarationInitializer(declaration);
-                }
+            // If no type was specified or inferred for parent,
+            // infer from the initializer of the binding element if one is present.
+            // Otherwise, go with the undefined type of the parent.
+            if (!parentType) {
+                return declaration.initializer ? checkDeclarationInitializer(declaration) : parentType;
+            }
+            if (isTypeAny(parentType)) {
                 return parentType;
             }
 
@@ -4183,9 +4183,6 @@ namespace ts {
                         // computed properties with non-literal names are treated as 'any'
                         return anyType;
                     }
-                    if (declaration.initializer) {
-                        getContextualType(declaration.initializer);
-                    }
 
                     // Use type of the specified property, or otherwise, for a numeric name, the type of the numeric index signature,
                     // or otherwise the type of the string index signature.