diff --git a/lib/6to5/util.js b/lib/6to5/util.js
index 5afe1e97e1..3b0eb565c5 100644
--- a/lib/6to5/util.js
+++ b/lib/6to5/util.js
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ exports.sourceMapToComment = function (map) {
 
 var templateVisitor = {
   enter: function (node, parent, scope, nodes) {
+    if (t.isExpressionStatement(node)) {
+      node = node.expression;
+    }
     if (t.isIdentifier(node) && has(nodes, node.name)) {
       return nodes[node.name];
     }