diff --git a/packages/lexical-code/src/CodeNode.ts b/packages/lexical-code/src/CodeNode.ts
index 1fb5701a1..0578661d3 100644
--- a/packages/lexical-code/src/CodeNode.ts
+++ b/packages/lexical-code/src/CodeNode.ts
@@ -144,11 +144,11 @@ export class CodeNode extends ElementNode {
             }
           : null;
       },
-      div: (node: Node) => ({
+      div: () => ({
         conversion: $convertDivElement,
         priority: 1,
       }),
-      pre: (node: Node) => ({
+      pre: () => ({
         conversion: $convertPreElement,
         priority: 0,
       }),
@@ -324,11 +324,8 @@ export function $isCodeNode(
   return node instanceof CodeNode;
 }
 
-function $convertPreElement(domNode: Node): DOMConversionOutput {
-  let language;
-  if (isHTMLElement(domNode)) {
-    language = domNode.getAttribute(LANGUAGE_DATA_ATTRIBUTE);
-  }
+function $convertPreElement(domNode: HTMLElement): DOMConversionOutput {
+  const language = domNode.getAttribute(LANGUAGE_DATA_ATTRIBUTE);
   return {node: $createCodeNode(language)};
 }