diff --git a/src/services/services.ts b/src/services/services.ts
index bd5ba0421c27b..160c97e81e1e3 100644
--- a/src/services/services.ts
+++ b/src/services/services.ts
@@ -1670,7 +1670,7 @@ namespace ts {
         function shouldGetType(sourceFile: SourceFile, node: Node, position: number): boolean {
             switch (node.kind) {
                 case SyntaxKind.Identifier:
-                    return !isLabelName(node) && !isTagName(node);
+                    return !isLabelName(node) && !isTagName(node) && !isConstTypeReference(node.parent);
                 case SyntaxKind.PropertyAccessExpression:
                 case SyntaxKind.QualifiedName:
                     // Don't return quickInfo if inside the comment in `a/**/.b`
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/quickInfoForConstTypeReference.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/quickInfoForConstTypeReference.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4eb405bdc90e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/quickInfoForConstTypeReference.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/// <reference path="fourslash.ts" />
+
+////"" as /**/const;
+
+verify.not.quickInfoExists();
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