diff --git a/src/services/codefixes/fixSpelling.ts b/src/services/codefixes/fixSpelling.ts
index c8f539e8d34..d632671f6ee 100644
--- a/src/services/codefixes/fixSpelling.ts
+++ b/src/services/codefixes/fixSpelling.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
         const checker = context.program.getTypeChecker();
         let suggestion: string;
         if (node.kind === SyntaxKind.Identifier && isPropertyAccessExpression(node.parent)) {
-            const containingType = checker.getTypeAtLocation(node.parent.expression);
+            const containingType = checker.getApparentType(checker.getTypeAtLocation(node.parent.expression));
             suggestion = checker.getSuggestionForNonexistentProperty(node as Identifier, containingType);
         }
         else {
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixCorrectSpelling.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixCorrectSpelling.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4294e6e44df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/codeFixCorrectSpelling.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts' />
+
+////[|class C {
+////    state = 'hi'
+////    doStuff() {
+////        this.start;
+////    }
+////}|]
+
+verify.rangeAfterCodeFix(`class C {
+    state = 'hi'
+    doStuff() {
+        this.state;
+    }
+}`, /*includeWhiteSpace*/false, /*errorCode*/ undefined, /*index*/ 2);