diff --git a/src/services/refactors/moveToNewFile.ts b/src/services/refactors/moveToNewFile.ts
index d0d0df4250e..11220205a48 100644
--- a/src/services/refactors/moveToNewFile.ts
+++ b/src/services/refactors/moveToNewFile.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace ts.refactor {
             case SyntaxKind.ImportEqualsDeclaration:
                 return !hasModifier(node, ModifierFlags.Export);
             case SyntaxKind.VariableStatement:
-                return (node as VariableStatement).declarationList.declarations.every(d => isRequireCall(d.initializer, /*checkArgumentIsStringLiteralLike*/ true));
+                return (node as VariableStatement).declarationList.declarations.every(d => d.initializer && isRequireCall(d.initializer, /*checkArgumentIsStringLiteralLike*/ true));
             default:
                 return false;
         }
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/moveToNewFile_moveImport.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/moveToNewFile_moveImport.ts
index 08a89403070..d1560e03aba 100644
--- a/tests/cases/fourslash/moveToNewFile_moveImport.ts
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/moveToNewFile_moveImport.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 // @Filename: /a.ts
 ////[|import { a, b } from "m";
+////let l;
 ////a;|]
 ////b;
 
@@ -10,8 +11,9 @@ verify.moveToNewFile({
         "/a.ts":
 `import { b } from "m";
 b;`,
-        "/newFile.ts":
+        "/l.ts":
 `import { a } from "m";
+let l;
 a;`,
     }
 });