diff --git a/src/services/rename.ts b/src/services/rename.ts
index 037c7f8eb23..4cdb4f14dc8 100644
--- a/src/services/rename.ts
+++ b/src/services/rename.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace ts.Rename {
         }
 
         // Cannot rename `default` as in `import { default as foo } from "./someModule";
-        if (isIdentifier(node) && node.originalKeywordKind === SyntaxKind.DefaultKeyword && symbol.parent!.flags & SymbolFlags.Module) {
+        if (isIdentifier(node) && node.originalKeywordKind === SyntaxKind.DefaultKeyword && symbol.parent && symbol.parent.flags & SymbolFlags.Module) {
             return undefined;
         }