diff --git a/types/react-router/index.d.ts b/types/react-router/index.d.ts
index 050f73725f..3746fa5c50 100644
--- a/types/react-router/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-router/index.d.ts
@@ -143,12 +143,8 @@ export interface WithRouterStatics<C extends React.ComponentType<any>> {
 // they are decorating. Due to this, if you are using @withRouter decorator in your code,
 // you will see a bunch of errors from TypeScript. The current workaround is to use withRouter() as a function call
 // on a separate line instead of as a decorator.
-export function withRouter<C extends React.ComponentType<RouteComponentProps>>(
-  component: C,
-): React.ComponentClass<
-  Omit<React.ComponentProps<C>, keyof RouteComponentProps> & WithRouterProps<C>,
-  never
-> &
-  WithRouterStatics<C>;
+export function withRouter<P extends RouteComponentProps<any>, C extends React.ComponentType<P>>(
+  component: C & React.ComponentType<P>,
+): React.ComponentClass<Omit<P, keyof RouteComponentProps<any>> & WithRouterProps<C>> & WithRouterStatics<C>;
 
 export const __RouterContext: React.Context<RouteComponentProps>;
diff --git a/types/react-router/test/WithRouter.tsx b/types/react-router/test/WithRouter.tsx
index 0f9f684a2c..e97ef0e962 100644
--- a/types/react-router/test/WithRouter.tsx
+++ b/types/react-router/test/WithRouter.tsx
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ const FunctionComponent: React.FunctionComponent<TOwnProps> = props => (
   <h2>Welcome {props.username}</h2>
 );
 
-declare const Component: React.ComponentType<TOwnProps>;
-
 class ComponentClass extends React.Component<TOwnProps> {
     render() {
         return <h2>Welcome {this.props.username}</h2>;
@@ -23,10 +21,15 @@ class ComponentClass extends React.Component<TOwnProps> {
 
 const WithRouterComponentFunction = withRouter(ComponentFunction);
 const WithRouterFunctionComponent = withRouter(FunctionComponent);
-const WithRouterComponent = withRouter(Component);
 const WithRouterComponentClass = withRouter(ComponentClass);
 WithRouterComponentClass.WrappedComponent; // $ExpectType typeof ComponentClass
 
+// Fix introduced in https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/pull/38326
+// caused more common use cases with `strictFunctionTypes` to fail
+// declare const Component: React.ComponentType<TOwnProps>;
+// $ExpectError ^3.6.3
+// const WithRouterComponent = withRouter(Component);
+
 const WithRouterTestFunction = () => (
     <WithRouterComponentFunction username="John" />
 );