diff --git a/src/compiler/utilities.ts b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
index a1ef5bb08d8..01f9bb4b0ef 100644
--- a/src/compiler/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/utilities.ts
@@ -11110,6 +11110,11 @@ export function createEvaluator({ evaluateElementAccessExpression, evaluateEntit
                 break;
             case SyntaxKind.ElementAccessExpression:
                 return evaluateElementAccessExpression(expr as ElementAccessExpression, location);
+            case SyntaxKind.AsExpression:
+                if (isConstTypeReference((expr as AsExpression).type)) {
+                    return evaluate((expr as AsExpression).expression, location);
+                }
+                break;
         }
         return evaluatorResult(/*value*/ undefined, isSyntacticallyString, resolvedOtherFiles, hasExternalReferences);
     }