diff --git a/openrewrite/src/javascript/parser.ts b/openrewrite/src/javascript/parser.ts
index 43ba7f31..60800798 100644
--- a/openrewrite/src/javascript/parser.ts
+++ b/openrewrite/src/javascript/parser.ts
@@ -2721,7 +2721,7 @@ export class JavaScriptParserVisitor {
                     (ts.isVariableDeclarationList(node.initializer) ? this.rightPadded(this.visit(node.initializer), Space.EMPTY) :
                         this.rightPadded(new ExpressionStatement(randomId(), this.visit(node.initializer)), this.suffix(node.initializer))) :
                     this.rightPadded(this.newJEmpty(), this.suffix(this.findChildNode(node, ts.SyntaxKind.OpenParenToken)!))],  // to handle for (/*_*/; ; );
-                node.condition ? this.rightPadded(ts.isStatement(node.condition) ? this.visit(node.condition) : new ExpressionStatement(randomId(), this.visit(node.condition)), this.suffix(node.condition)) :
+                node.condition ? this.rightPadded(this.visit(node.condition), this.suffix(node.condition)) :
                     this.rightPadded(this.newJEmpty(), this.suffix(this.findChildNode(node, ts.SyntaxKind.SemicolonToken)!)),  // to handle for ( ;/*_*/; );
                 [node.incrementor ? this.rightPadded(ts.isStatement(node.incrementor) ? this.visit(node.incrementor) : new ExpressionStatement(randomId(), this.visit(node.incrementor)), this.suffix(node.incrementor)) :
                     this.rightPadded(this.newJEmpty(this.prefix(this.findChildNode(node, ts.SyntaxKind.CloseParenToken)!)), Space.EMPTY)],  // to handle for ( ; ;/*_*/);