diff --git a/src/services/findAllReferences.ts b/src/services/findAllReferences.ts
index bc36ef06226..5684b3f3e37 100644
--- a/src/services/findAllReferences.ts
+++ b/src/services/findAllReferences.ts
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ namespace ts.FindAllReferences.Core {
     }
 
     /** Handle a few special cases relating to export/import specifiers. */
-    function skipPastExportOrImportSpecifierOrUnion(symbol: Symbol, node: Node, checker: TypeChecker): Symbol {
+    function skipPastExportOrImportSpecifierOrUnion(symbol: Symbol, node: Node, checker: TypeChecker): Symbol | undefined {
         const { parent } = node;
         if (isExportSpecifier(parent)) {
             return getLocalSymbolForExportSpecifier(node as Identifier, symbol, parent, checker);
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ namespace ts.FindAllReferences.Core {
             return isTypeLiteralNode(decl.parent) && isUnionTypeNode(decl.parent.parent)
                 ? checker.getPropertyOfType(checker.getTypeFromTypeNode(decl.parent.parent), symbol.name)
                 : undefined;
-        }) || symbol;
+        });
     }
 
     /**