diff --git a/lib/javascript/JavascriptParser.js b/lib/javascript/JavascriptParser.js
index 5f98c8b3267..ef15be597fa 100644
--- a/lib/javascript/JavascriptParser.js
+++ b/lib/javascript/JavascriptParser.js
@@ -1189,14 +1189,15 @@ class JavascriptParser extends Parser {
 				const node = /** @type {TaggedTemplateExpressionNode} */ (_node);
 				const tag = this.evaluateExpression(node.tag);
 
-				if (tag.isIdentifier() && tag.identifier !== "String.raw") return;
-				const { quasis, parts } = getSimplifiedTemplateResult(
-					"raw",
-					node.quasi
-				);
-				return new BasicEvaluatedExpression()
-					.setTemplateString(quasis, parts, "raw")
-					.setRange(node.range);
+				if (tag.isIdentifier() && tag.identifier === "String.raw") {
+					const { quasis, parts } = getSimplifiedTemplateResult(
+						"raw",
+						node.quasi
+					);
+					return new BasicEvaluatedExpression()
+						.setTemplateString(quasis, parts, "raw")
+						.setRange(node.range);
+				}
 			});
 
 		this.hooks.evaluateCallExpressionMember
diff --git a/test/cases/parsing/evaluate-nullish/index.js b/test/cases/parsing/evaluate-nullish/index.js
index bd2dfbac3f9..128a96c8e52 100644
--- a/test/cases/parsing/evaluate-nullish/index.js
+++ b/test/cases/parsing/evaluate-nullish/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+function a() {}
+
 it("should evaluate nullish coalescing", function () {
 	expect("" ?? require("fail")).toBe("");
+	expect(String.raw`aaaa` ?? require("fail")).toBe("aaaa");
+	expect(a`aaaa` ?? "expected").toBe("expected");
 	expect(null ?? "expected").toBe("expected");
 	expect(("" ?? require("fail")) && true).toBe("");
 	let x = 0;