diff --git a/crates/oxc_formatter/src/utils/assignment_like.rs b/crates/oxc_formatter/src/utils/assignment_like.rs
index 1f4016bd27a8f..40cfdc95122a2 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_formatter/src/utils/assignment_like.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_formatter/src/utils/assignment_like.rs
@@ -918,7 +918,9 @@ fn is_poorly_breakable_member_or_call_chain<'a>(
         let is_breakable_call = match args.len() {
             0 => false,
             1 => match args.iter().next() {
-                Some(first_argument) => !is_short_argument(first_argument, threshold, f),
+                Some(first_argument) => first_argument
+                    .as_expression()
+                    .is_none_or(|e| !is_short_argument(e, threshold, f)),
                 None => false,
             },
             _ => true,
@@ -945,15 +947,14 @@ fn is_poorly_breakable_member_or_call_chain<'a>(
 /// We need it to decide if `JsCallExpression` with the argument is breakable or not
 /// If the argument is short the function call isn't breakable
 /// [Prettier applies]: <https://github.com/prettier/prettier/blob/a043ac0d733c4d53f980aa73807a63fc914f23bd/src/language-js/print/assignment.js#L374>
-fn is_short_argument(argument: &Argument, threshold: u16, f: &Formatter) -> bool {
-    match argument {
-        Argument::Identifier(identifier) => identifier.name.len() <= threshold as usize,
-        Argument::UnaryExpression(unary_expression) => {
-            unary_expression.operator.is_arithmetic()
-                && matches!(unary_expression.argument, Expression::NumericLiteral(_))
+fn is_short_argument(expression: &Expression, threshold: u16, f: &Formatter) -> bool {
+    match expression {
+        Expression::Identifier(identifier) => identifier.name.len() <= threshold as usize,
+        Expression::UnaryExpression(unary_expression) => {
+            is_short_argument(&unary_expression.argument, threshold, f)
         }
-        Argument::RegExpLiteral(regex) => regex.regex.pattern.text.len() <= threshold as usize,
-        Argument::StringLiteral(literal) => {
+        Expression::RegExpLiteral(regex) => regex.regex.pattern.text.len() <= threshold as usize,
+        Expression::StringLiteral(literal) => {
             let formatter = FormatLiteralStringToken::new(
                 f.source_text().text_for(literal.as_ref()),
                 literal.span,
@@ -964,7 +965,7 @@ fn is_short_argument(argument: &Argument, threshold: u16, f: &Formatter) -> bool
             formatter.clean_text(f.context().source_type(), f.options()).width()
                 <= threshold as usize
         }
-        Argument::TemplateLiteral(literal) => {
+        Expression::TemplateLiteral(literal) => {
             let elements = &literal.expressions;
 
             // Besides checking length exceed we also need to check that the template doesn't have any expressions.
@@ -975,11 +976,11 @@ fn is_short_argument(argument: &Argument, threshold: u16, f: &Formatter) -> bool
                 raw.len() <= threshold as usize && !raw.contains('\n')
             }
         }
-        Argument::ThisExpression(_)
-        | Argument::NullLiteral(_)
-        | Argument::BigIntLiteral(_)
-        | Argument::BooleanLiteral(_)
-        | Argument::NumericLiteral(_) => true,
+        Expression::ThisExpression(_)
+        | Expression::NullLiteral(_)
+        | Expression::BigIntLiteral(_)
+        | Expression::BooleanLiteral(_)
+        | Expression::NumericLiteral(_) => true,
         _ => false,
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/oxc_formatter/tests/fixtures/ts/assignments/short-argument.ts b/crates/oxc_formatter/tests/fixtures/ts/assignments/short-argument.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fe7819666ea7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/oxc_formatter/tests/fixtures/ts/assignments/short-argument.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+const requestTrie =
+  TernarySearchTree.forPaths<IRecursiveWatchRequest>(!isLinux);
diff --git a/crates/oxc_formatter/tests/fixtures/ts/assignments/short-argument.ts.snap b/crates/oxc_formatter/tests/fixtures/ts/assignments/short-argument.ts.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..12865cfd95812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/oxc_formatter/tests/fixtures/ts/assignments/short-argument.ts.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+source: crates/oxc_formatter/tests/fixtures/mod.rs
+---
+==================== Input ====================
+const requestTrie =
+  TernarySearchTree.forPaths<IRecursiveWatchRequest>(!isLinux);
+
+==================== Output ====================
+const requestTrie =
+  TernarySearchTree.forPaths<IRecursiveWatchRequest>(!isLinux);
+
+===================== End =====================