diff --git a/src/services/symbolDisplay.ts b/src/services/symbolDisplay.ts
index 1b77f23fa33..c88202b8dbe 100644
--- a/src/services/symbolDisplay.ts
+++ b/src/services/symbolDisplay.ts
@@ -2,24 +2,25 @@
 namespace ts.SymbolDisplay {
     // TODO(drosen): use contextual SemanticMeaning.
     export function getSymbolKind(typeChecker: TypeChecker, symbol: Symbol, location: Node): ScriptElementKind {
-        const flags = getCombinedLocalAndExportSymbolFlags(symbol);
+        const result = getSymbolKindOfConstructorPropertyMethodAccessorFunctionOrVar(typeChecker, symbol, location);
+        if (result !== ScriptElementKind.unknown) {
+            return result;
+        }
 
+        const flags = getCombinedLocalAndExportSymbolFlags(symbol);
         if (flags & SymbolFlags.Class) {
             return getDeclarationOfKind(symbol, SyntaxKind.ClassExpression) ?
-            ScriptElementKind.localClassElement : ScriptElementKind.classElement;
+                ScriptElementKind.localClassElement : ScriptElementKind.classElement;
         }
         if (flags & SymbolFlags.Enum) return ScriptElementKind.enumElement;
         if (flags & SymbolFlags.TypeAlias) return ScriptElementKind.typeElement;
         if (flags & SymbolFlags.Interface) return ScriptElementKind.interfaceElement;
         if (flags & SymbolFlags.TypeParameter) return ScriptElementKind.typeParameterElement;
 
-        const result = getSymbolKindOfConstructorPropertyMethodAccessorFunctionOrVar(typeChecker, symbol, location);
-        if (result === ScriptElementKind.unknown) {
-            if (flags & SymbolFlags.TypeParameter) return ScriptElementKind.typeParameterElement;
-            if (flags & SymbolFlags.EnumMember) return ScriptElementKind.enumMemberElement;
-            if (flags & SymbolFlags.Alias) return ScriptElementKind.alias;
-            if (flags & SymbolFlags.Module) return ScriptElementKind.moduleElement;
-        }
+        if (flags & SymbolFlags.TypeParameter) return ScriptElementKind.typeParameterElement;
+        if (flags & SymbolFlags.EnumMember) return ScriptElementKind.enumMemberElement;
+        if (flags & SymbolFlags.Alias) return ScriptElementKind.alias;
+        if (flags & SymbolFlags.Module) return ScriptElementKind.moduleElement;
 
         return result;
     }
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/completionOfInterfaceAndVar.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/completionOfInterfaceAndVar.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..be1a1546d0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/completionOfInterfaceAndVar.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts'/>
+
+////interface AnalyserNode {
+////}
+////declare var AnalyserNode: {
+////    prototype: AnalyserNode;
+////    new(): AnalyserNode;
+////};
+/////**/
+
+goTo.marker();
+verify.completionListContains("AnalyserNode", /*text*/ undefined, /*documentation*/ undefined, "var");
+verify.completionEntryDetailIs("AnalyserNode", `interface AnalyserNode
+var AnalyserNode: {
+    new (): AnalyserNode;
+    prototype: AnalyserNode;
+}`, /*documentation*/ undefined, "var")
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