diff --git a/packages/core/src/view/view.ts b/packages/core/src/view/view.ts
index 70ddaee437..18d07766c3 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/view/view.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/view/view.ts
@@ -487,6 +487,10 @@ function checkNoChangesNodeDynamic(view: ViewData, nodeDef: NodeDef, values: any
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Workaround https://github.com/angular/tsickle/issues/497
+ * @suppress {misplacedTypeAnnotation}
+ */
 function checkNoChangesQuery(view: ViewData, nodeDef: NodeDef) {
   const queryList = asQueryList(view, nodeDef.index);
   if (queryList.dirty) {