diff --git a/src/services/codefixes/importFixes.ts b/src/services/codefixes/importFixes.ts
index a43aa7f6f9d3c..d4adaa98f8511 100644
--- a/src/services/codefixes/importFixes.ts
+++ b/src/services/codefixes/importFixes.ts
@@ -455,8 +455,8 @@ namespace ts.codefix {
     }
 
     function getExportEqualsImportKind(importingFile: SourceFile, compilerOptions: CompilerOptions, checker: TypeChecker): ImportKind {
-        if (getAllowSyntheticDefaultImports(compilerOptions) && getEmitModuleKind(compilerOptions) >= ModuleKind.ES2015) {
-            return ImportKind.Default;
+        if (getEmitModuleKind(compilerOptions) >= ModuleKind.ES2015) {
+            return getAllowSyntheticDefaultImports(compilerOptions) ? ImportKind.Default : ImportKind.Namespace;
         }
         if (isInJSFile(importingFile)) {
             return isExternalModule(importingFile) ? ImportKind.Default : ImportKind.ConstEquals;
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/importNameCodeFixNewImportExportEqualsESNextInteropOff.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/importNameCodeFixNewImportExportEqualsESNextInteropOff.ts
index 329006cab93cd..db0c12dd5e03c 100644
--- a/tests/cases/fourslash/importNameCodeFixNewImportExportEqualsESNextInteropOff.ts
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/importNameCodeFixNewImportExportEqualsESNextInteropOff.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 ////foo
 
 goTo.file('/index.ts');
-verify.importFixAtPosition([`import foo = require("foo");
+verify.importFixAtPosition([`import * as foo from "foo";
 
 foo`]);