diff --git a/src/harness/unittests/typingsInstaller.ts b/src/harness/unittests/typingsInstaller.ts
index 34176e8563cae..0b355d5aa89f2 100644
--- a/src/harness/unittests/typingsInstaller.ts
+++ b/src/harness/unittests/typingsInstaller.ts
@@ -1340,6 +1340,27 @@ namespace ts.projectSystem {
             assert.deepEqual(result.newTypingNames, ["bar"]);
         });
 
+        it("should gracefully handle packages that have been removed from the types-registry", () => {
+            const f = {
+                path: "/a/b/app.js",
+                content: ""
+            };
+            const node = {
+                path: "/a/b/node.d.ts",
+                content: ""
+            };
+            const host = createServerHost([f, node]);
+            const cache = createMapFromTemplate<JsTyping.CachedTyping>({ node: { typingLocation: node.path, version: Semver.parse("1.3.0") } });
+            const logger = trackingLogger();
+            const result = JsTyping.discoverTypings(host, logger.log, [f.path], getDirectoryPath(<Path>f.path), emptySafeList, cache, { enable: true }, ["fs", "bar"], emptyMap);
+            assert.deepEqual(logger.finish(), [
+                'Inferred typings from unresolved imports: ["node","bar"]',
+                'Result: {"cachedTypingPaths":[],"newTypingNames":["node","bar"],"filesToWatch":["/a/b/bower_components","/a/b/node_modules"]}',
+            ]);
+            assert.deepEqual(result.cachedTypingPaths, []);
+            assert.deepEqual(result.newTypingNames, ["node", "bar"]);
+        });
+
         it("should search only 2 levels deep", () => {
             const app = {
                 path: "/app.js",
diff --git a/src/services/jsTyping.ts b/src/services/jsTyping.ts
index 539099510f137..e9c96ba2bf614 100644
--- a/src/services/jsTyping.ts
+++ b/src/services/jsTyping.ts
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ namespace ts.JsTyping {
         }
         // Add the cached typing locations for inferred typings that are already installed
         packageNameToTypingLocation.forEach((typing, name) => {
-            if (inferredTypings.has(name) && inferredTypings.get(name) === undefined && isTypingUpToDate(typing, typesRegistry.get(name)!)) {
+            const registryEntry = typesRegistry.get(name);
+            if (inferredTypings.has(name) && inferredTypings.get(name) === undefined && registryEntry !== undefined && isTypingUpToDate(typing, registryEntry)) {
                 inferredTypings.set(name, typing.typingLocation);
             }
         });