diff --git a/crates/swc_ecma_minifier/tests/fixture/issues/8844/input.js b/crates/swc_ecma_minifier/tests/fixture/issues/8844/input.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b74e9da5b49e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/swc_ecma_minifier/tests/fixture/issues/8844/input.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const k = (() => {
+    let x;
+    switch (x) {
+        case x?.x?.():
+        default:
+    }
+})();
diff --git a/crates/swc_ecma_minifier/tests/fixture/issues/8844/output.js b/crates/swc_ecma_minifier/tests/fixture/issues/8844/output.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a6899ca3223a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/swc_ecma_minifier/tests/fixture/issues/8844/output.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+let x;
+x?.x?.();
diff --git a/crates/swc_ecma_utils/src/lib.rs b/crates/swc_ecma_utils/src/lib.rs
index 0db4830d7c0d..8d92575df9cb 100644
--- a/crates/swc_ecma_utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/swc_ecma_utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -2520,11 +2520,6 @@ impl ExprCtx {
                 to.push(Box::new(Expr::New(e)))
             }
             Expr::Member(_) | Expr::SuperProp(_) => to.push(Box::new(expr)),
-            Expr::OptChain(OptChainExpr { ref base, .. })
-                if matches!(&**base, OptChainBase::Member(_)) =>
-            {
-                to.push(Box::new(expr))
-            }
 
             // We are at here because we could not determine value of test.
             //TODO: Drop values if it does not have side effects.
@@ -2664,9 +2659,7 @@ impl ExprCtx {
             | Expr::TsSatisfies(TsSatisfiesExpr { expr, .. }) => {
                 self.extract_side_effects_to(to, *expr)
             }
-            Expr::OptChain(OptChainExpr { base: child, .. }) => {
-                self.extract_side_effects_to(to, (*child).into())
-            }
+            Expr::OptChain(..) => to.push(Box::new(expr)),
 
             Expr::Invalid(..) => unreachable!(),
         }