diff --git a/src/services/codefixes/convertToAsyncFunction.ts b/src/services/codefixes/convertToAsyncFunction.ts
index a01d3613198f0..6474c84df9b08 100644
--- a/src/services/codefixes/convertToAsyncFunction.ts
+++ b/src/services/codefixes/convertToAsyncFunction.ts
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
                 // will eventually become
                 //   const response = await fetch('...')
                 // so we push an entry for 'response'.
-                if (lastCallSignature && !isFunctionLikeDeclaration(node.parent) && !synthNamesMap.has(symbolIdString)) {
+                if (lastCallSignature && !isParameter(node.parent) && !isFunctionLikeDeclaration(node.parent) && !synthNamesMap.has(symbolIdString)) {
                     const firstParameter = firstOrUndefined(lastCallSignature.parameters);
                     const ident = firstParameter && isParameter(firstParameter.valueDeclaration) && tryCast(firstParameter.valueDeclaration.name, isIdentifier) || factory.createUniqueName("result", GeneratedIdentifierFlags.Optimistic);
                     const synthName = getNewNameIfConflict(ident, collidingSymbolMap);
diff --git a/src/testRunner/unittests/services/convertToAsyncFunction.ts b/src/testRunner/unittests/services/convertToAsyncFunction.ts
index 78a2f43f6c3d6..952f6bf4d68e7 100644
--- a/src/testRunner/unittests/services/convertToAsyncFunction.ts
+++ b/src/testRunner/unittests/services/convertToAsyncFunction.ts
@@ -1441,5 +1441,19 @@ function [#|get|]() {
 function [#|f|]() {
     return Promise.resolve().then(undefined, undefined, () => 1);
 }`);
+
+        _testConvertToAsyncFunction("convertToAsyncFunction_callbackArgument", `
+function foo(props: any): void {
+    return props;
+}
+
+const fn = (): Promise<(message: string) => void> =>
+    new Promise(resolve => resolve((message: string) => foo(message)));
+
+function [#|f|]() {
+    return fn().then(res => res("test"));
+}
+`);
+
     });
 }
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/convertToAsyncFunction/convertToAsyncFunction_callbackArgument.ts b/tests/baselines/reference/convertToAsyncFunction/convertToAsyncFunction_callbackArgument.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7f46b8f564a8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/convertToAsyncFunction/convertToAsyncFunction_callbackArgument.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// ==ORIGINAL==
+
+function foo(props: any): void {
+    return props;
+}
+
+const fn = (): Promise<(message: string) => void> =>
+    new Promise(resolve => resolve((message: string) => foo(message)));
+
+function /*[#|*/f/*|]*/() {
+    return fn().then(res => res("test"));
+}
+
+// ==ASYNC FUNCTION::Convert to async function==
+
+function foo(props: any): void {
+    return props;
+}
+
+const fn = (): Promise<(message: string) => void> =>
+    new Promise(resolve => resolve((message: string) => foo(message)));
+
+async function f() {
+    const res = await fn();
+    return res("test");
+}