diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index 5a414c488f286..86d80b8438a9e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -23778,14 +23778,14 @@ namespace ts {
                 const constructSignature = getSingleSignature(type, SignatureKind.Construct, /*allowMembers*/ true);
                 const signature = callSignature || constructSignature;
                 if (signature && signature.typeParameters) {
-                    if (checkMode & CheckMode.SkipGenericFunctions && getSingleCallOrConstructSignature(type)) {
-                        skippedGenericFunction(node, checkMode);
-                        return anyFunctionType;
-                    }
                     const contextualType = getApparentTypeOfContextualType(<Expression>node);
                     if (contextualType && !isMixinConstructorType(contextualType)) {
                         const contextualSignature = getSingleSignature(getNonNullableType(contextualType), callSignature ? SignatureKind.Call : SignatureKind.Construct, /*allowMembers*/ false);
                         if (contextualSignature && !contextualSignature.typeParameters) {
+                            if (checkMode & CheckMode.SkipGenericFunctions) {
+                                skippedGenericFunction(node, checkMode);
+                                return anyFunctionType;
+                            }
                             const context = getInferenceContext(node)!;
                             // We have an expression that is an argument of a generic function for which we are performing
                             // type argument inference. The expression is of a function type with a single generic call