diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index 406084f80ce14..4cb0ece6c4768 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ import {
     isBlock,
     isBlockOrCatchScoped,
     isBlockScopedContainerTopLevel,
+    isBooleanLiteral,
     isCallChain,
     isCallExpression,
     isCallLikeExpression,
@@ -582,6 +583,7 @@ import {
     isLet,
     isLineBreak,
     isLiteralComputedPropertyDeclarationName,
+    isLiteralExpression,
     isLiteralExpressionOfObject,
     isLiteralImportTypeNode,
     isLiteralTypeNode,
@@ -36505,8 +36507,7 @@ export function createTypeChecker(host: TypeCheckerHost): TypeChecker {
         else if (isAssertionExpression(expr) && !isConstTypeReference(expr.type)) {
             return getTypeFromTypeNode((expr as TypeAssertion).type);
         }
-        else if (node.kind === SyntaxKind.NumericLiteral || node.kind === SyntaxKind.StringLiteral ||
-            node.kind === SyntaxKind.TrueKeyword || node.kind === SyntaxKind.FalseKeyword) {
+        else if (isLiteralExpression(node) || isBooleanLiteral(node)) {
             return checkExpression(node);
         }
         return undefined;