diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index 36b952dd046..16b8c119b63 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -6645,7 +6645,7 @@ namespace ts {
             // Starting with the parent of the symbol's declaration, check if the mapper maps any of
             // the type parameters introduced by enclosing declarations. We just pick the first
             // declaration since multiple declarations will all have the same parent anyway.
-            let node = symbol.declarations[0].parent;
+            let node: Node = symbol.declarations[0];
             while (node) {
                 switch (node.kind) {
                     case SyntaxKind.FunctionType:
@@ -6665,7 +6665,7 @@ namespace ts {
                     case SyntaxKind.ClassExpression:
                     case SyntaxKind.InterfaceDeclaration:
                     case SyntaxKind.TypeAliasDeclaration:
-                        const declaration = <DeclarationWithTypeParameters>node;
+                        const declaration = node as DeclarationWithTypeParameters;
                         if (declaration.typeParameters) {
                             for (const d of declaration.typeParameters) {
                                 if (contains(mappedTypes, getDeclaredTypeOfTypeParameter(getSymbolOfNode(d)))) {
@@ -6680,6 +6680,14 @@ namespace ts {
                             }
                         }
                         break;
+                    case SyntaxKind.JSDocFunctionType:
+                        const func = node as JSDocFunctionType;
+                        for (const p of func.parameters) {
+                            if (contains(mappedTypes, getTypeOfNode(p))) {
+                                return true;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        break;
                     case SyntaxKind.ModuleDeclaration:
                     case SyntaxKind.SourceFile:
                         return false;
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/jsDocGenerics2.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/jsDocGenerics2.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..23deb1a6502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/jsDocGenerics2.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+///<reference path="fourslash.ts" />
+// @allowNonTsExtensions: true
+// @Filename: Foo.js
+
+/////**
+//// * @param {T[]} arr
+//// * @param {(function(T):T)} valuator
+//// * @template T
+//// */
+////function SortFilter(arr,valuator)
+////{
+////    return arr;
+////}
+////var a/*1*/ = SortFilter([0, 1, 2], q/*2*/ => q);
+////var b/*3*/ = SortFilter([0, 1, 2], undefined);
+
+verify.quickInfoAt('1', "var a: number[]");
+verify.quickInfoAt('2', '(parameter) q: number');
+verify.quickInfoAt('3', "var b: number[]");