diff --git a/packages/language-service/src/typescript_symbols.ts b/packages/language-service/src/typescript_symbols.ts
index dabd772459..7657bb7fda 100644
--- a/packages/language-service/src/typescript_symbols.ts
+++ b/packages/language-service/src/typescript_symbols.ts
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ function getTsTypeFromBuiltinType(builtinType: BuiltinType, ctx: TypeContext): t
           `Internal error, unhandled literal kind ${builtinType}:${BuiltinType[builtinType]}`);
   }
   const node = ts.createNode(syntaxKind);
-  node.parent = ctx.node;
+  node.parent = ts.createEmptyStatement();
   return ctx.checker.getTypeAtLocation(node);
 }