diff --git a/src/Features/CSharp/Portable/UseIndexOrRangeOperator/CSharpUseRangeOperatorDiagnosticAnalyzer.cs b/src/Features/CSharp/Portable/UseIndexOrRangeOperator/CSharpUseRangeOperatorDiagnosticAnalyzer.cs
index 8f0424be08a1b0803ef1eb2164da5348da113bf9..5df40e66890557bd44b1decb558fe1734b0267ef 100644
--- a/src/Features/CSharp/Portable/UseIndexOrRangeOperator/CSharpUseRangeOperatorDiagnosticAnalyzer.cs
+++ b/src/Features/CSharp/Portable/UseIndexOrRangeOperator/CSharpUseRangeOperatorDiagnosticAnalyzer.cs
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ protected override void InitializeWorker(AnalysisContext context)
 
             // look for `s.Slice(e1, end - e2)`
             if (invocation.Instance is null ||
-                invocation.Instance.Syntax is null ||
                 invocation.Arguments.Length != 2)
             {
                 return;