diff --git a/src/babel/transformation/transformers/es6/template-literals.js b/src/babel/transformation/transformers/es6/template-literals.js
index 314de3647b..dfa392cd7e 100644
--- a/src/babel/transformation/transformers/es6/template-literals.js
+++ b/src/babel/transformation/transformers/es6/template-literals.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as t from "../../../types";
 
 var buildBinaryExpression = function (left, right, file) {
-  return t.binaryExpression("+", coerce(left, file), coerce(right, file));
+  return t.binaryExpression("+", left, coerce(right, file));
 };
 
 function coerce(node, file) {