diff --git a/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/plugins/multiple-definition-evaluation/exec.js b/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/plugins/multiple-definition-evaluation/exec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de27da3c0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/plugins/multiple-definition-evaluation/exec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+var code = multiline([
+  "function foo() {",
+  "  var a = a ? a : a;",
+  "}",
+]);
+
+transform(code, {
+  plugins: function (b) {
+    var t = b.types;
+    return {
+      visitor: {
+        ConditionalExpression: function(path) {
+          path.get("test").evaluateTruthy();
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+});
diff --git a/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/introspection.js b/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/introspection.js
index 8760cfc5dd..8b70dd1d54 100644
--- a/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/introspection.js
+++ b/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/introspection.js
@@ -360,7 +360,10 @@ export function _resolve(dangerous?, resolved?): ?NodePath {
     if (binding.kind === "module") return;
 
     if (binding.path !== this) {
-      return binding.path.resolve(dangerous, resolved);
+      let ret = binding.path.resolve(dangerous, resolved);
+      // If the identifier resolves to parent node then we can't really resolve it.
+      if (this.find(parent => parent.node === ret.node)) return;
+      return ret;
     }
   } else if (this.isTypeCastExpression()) {
     return this.get("expression").resolve(dangerous, resolved);