diff --git a/src/services/codefixes/fixEnableExperimentalDecorators.ts b/src/services/codefixes/fixEnableExperimentalDecorators.ts
index 8179abdfd1d..8aeefe48a47 100644
--- a/src/services/codefixes/fixEnableExperimentalDecorators.ts
+++ b/src/services/codefixes/fixEnableExperimentalDecorators.ts
@@ -19,42 +19,6 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
     });
 
     function makeChange(changeTracker: textChanges.ChangeTracker, configFile: TsConfigSourceFile) {
-        const tsconfigObjectLiteral = getTsConfigObjectLiteralExpression(configFile);
-        if (tsconfigObjectLiteral === undefined) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        const compilerOptionsProperty = findJsonProperty(tsconfigObjectLiteral, "compilerOptions");
-        if (compilerOptionsProperty === undefined) {
-            changeTracker.insertNodeAtObjectStart(configFile, tsconfigObjectLiteral, createCompilerOptionsAssignment());
-            return;
-        }
-
-        const compilerOptions = compilerOptionsProperty.initializer;
-        if (!isObjectLiteralExpression(compilerOptions)) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        const experimentalDecoratorsProperty = findJsonProperty(compilerOptions, "experimentalDecorators");
-
-        if (experimentalDecoratorsProperty === undefined) {
-            changeTracker.insertNodeAtObjectStart(configFile, compilerOptions, createExperimentalDecoratorsAssignment());
-        }
-        else {
-            changeTracker.replaceNodeWithText(configFile, experimentalDecoratorsProperty.initializer, "true");
-        }
-    }
-
-    function createCompilerOptionsAssignment() {
-        return createJsonPropertyAssignment(
-            "compilerOptions",
-            createObjectLiteral([
-                createExperimentalDecoratorsAssignment(),
-            ]),
-        );
-    }
-
-    function createExperimentalDecoratorsAssignment() {
-        return createJsonPropertyAssignment("experimentalDecorators", createTrue());
+        setJsonCompilerOptionValue(changeTracker, configFile, "experimentalDecorators", createTrue());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/services/codefixes/helpers.ts b/src/services/codefixes/helpers.ts
index 0344f51a854..66488d5d697 100644
--- a/src/services/codefixes/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/services/codefixes/helpers.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 /* @internal */
 namespace ts.codefix {
-    export function createJsonPropertyAssignment(name: string, initializer: Expression) {
-        return createPropertyAssignment(createStringLiteral(name), initializer);
-    }
-
-    export function findJsonProperty(obj: ObjectLiteralExpression, name: string): PropertyAssignment | undefined {
-        return find(obj.properties, (p): p is PropertyAssignment => isPropertyAssignment(p) && !!p.name && isStringLiteral(p.name) && p.name.text === name);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Finds members of the resolved type that are missing in the class pointed to by class decl
      * and generates source code for the missing members.
@@ -257,4 +249,46 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
         }
         return undefined;
     }
+
+    export function setJsonCompilerOptionValue(
+        changeTracker: textChanges.ChangeTracker,
+        configFile: TsConfigSourceFile,
+        optionName: string,
+        optionValue: Expression,
+    ) {
+        const tsconfigObjectLiteral = getTsConfigObjectLiteralExpression(configFile);
+        if (!tsconfigObjectLiteral) return undefined;
+
+        const compilerOptionsProperty = findJsonProperty(tsconfigObjectLiteral, "compilerOptions");
+        if (compilerOptionsProperty === undefined) {
+            changeTracker.insertNodeAtObjectStart(configFile, tsconfigObjectLiteral, createJsonPropertyAssignment(
+                "compilerOptions",
+                createObjectLiteral([
+                    createJsonPropertyAssignment(optionName, optionValue),
+                ])));
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const compilerOptions = compilerOptionsProperty.initializer;
+        if (!isObjectLiteralExpression(compilerOptions)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const optionProperty = findJsonProperty(compilerOptions, optionName);
+
+        if (optionProperty === undefined) {
+            changeTracker.insertNodeAtObjectStart(configFile, compilerOptions, createJsonPropertyAssignment(optionName, optionValue));
+        }
+        else {
+            changeTracker.replaceNode(configFile, optionProperty.initializer, optionValue);
+        }
+    }
+
+    export function createJsonPropertyAssignment(name: string, initializer: Expression) {
+        return createPropertyAssignment(createStringLiteral(name), initializer);
+    }
+
+    export function findJsonProperty(obj: ObjectLiteralExpression, name: string): PropertyAssignment | undefined {
+        return find(obj.properties, (p): p is PropertyAssignment => isPropertyAssignment(p) && !!p.name && isStringLiteral(p.name) && p.name.text === name);
+    }
 }