diff --git a/src/EditorFeatures/CSharpTest/TypeInferrer/TypeInferrerTests.cs b/src/EditorFeatures/CSharpTest/TypeInferrer/TypeInferrerTests.cs
index 7a09c17c1c61e41b19287b77a6b8c2df2c46f7a2..4b2714989ad6f7e12999ef09bf05425c1233ec15 100644
--- a/src/EditorFeatures/CSharpTest/TypeInferrer/TypeInferrerTests.cs
+++ b/src/EditorFeatures/CSharpTest/TypeInferrer/TypeInferrerTests.cs
@@ -2028,5 +2028,22 @@ public async Task TestDeconstruction()
             await TestInMethodAsync(
 @"[|(int i, _)|] =", "global::System.Object");
         }
+
+        [WorkItem(13402, "https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/13402")]
+        [Fact, Trait(Traits.Feature, Traits.Features.TypeInferenceService)]
+        public async Task TestObjectCreationBeforeBlock()
+        {
+            var text =
+@"class Program
+{
+    static void Main(string[] args)
+    {
+        Program p = new [||] 
+        { }
+    }
+}";
+
+            await TestAsync(text, "global::Program", testNode: false);
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/LanguageServices/CSharpTypeInferenceService.TypeInferrer.cs b/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/LanguageServices/CSharpTypeInferenceService.TypeInferrer.cs
index c5e1b0cfda651c0ec895a82068c78262bf953bea..d37fccbe0ea3adc8b1148d2770b30f49db5b5c99 100644
--- a/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/LanguageServices/CSharpTypeInferenceService.TypeInferrer.cs
+++ b/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/LanguageServices/CSharpTypeInferenceService.TypeInferrer.cs
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ protected override IEnumerable<TypeInferenceInfo> InferTypesWorker_DoNotCallDire
 
                 switch (parent)
                 {
+                    case AnonymousObjectCreationExpressionSyntax anonymousObjectCreation: return InferTypeInAnonymousObjectCreation(anonymousObjectCreation);
                     case AnonymousObjectMemberDeclaratorSyntax memberDeclarator: return InferTypeInMemberDeclarator(memberDeclarator, token);
                     case ArgumentListSyntax argument: return InferTypeInArgumentList(argument, token);
                     case ArgumentSyntax argument: return InferTypeInArgument(argument, token);
@@ -240,6 +241,8 @@ protected override IEnumerable<TypeInferenceInfo> InferTypesWorker_DoNotCallDire
                 }
             }
 
+            private IEnumerable<TypeInferenceInfo> InferTypeInAnonymousObjectCreation(AnonymousObjectCreationExpressionSyntax expression) => InferTypes(expression.SpanStart);
+
             private IEnumerable<TypeInferenceInfo> InferTypeInArgument(
                 ArgumentSyntax argument, SyntaxToken? previousToken = null)
             {