diff --git a/packages/babel-traverse/src/scope/lib/renamer.js b/packages/babel-traverse/src/scope/lib/renamer.js
index 4fb0a5fa180c..0e5f368393dc 100644
--- a/packages/babel-traverse/src/scope/lib/renamer.js
+++ b/packages/babel-traverse/src/scope/lib/renamer.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const renameVisitor = {
     }
   },
 
-  "AssignmentExpression|Declaration"(path, state) {
+  "AssignmentExpression|Declaration|VariableDeclarator"(path, state) {
     const ids = path.getOuterBindingIdentifiers();
 
     for (const name in ids) {