diff --git a/src/EFCore/Query/Internal/InvocationExpressionRemovingExpressionVisitor.cs b/src/EFCore/Query/Internal/InvocationExpressionRemovingExpressionVisitor.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..960cb76b114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/EFCore/Query/Internal/InvocationExpressionRemovingExpressionVisitor.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
+using System.Linq.Expressions;
+
+namespace Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Query.Internal
+{
+    public class InvocationExpressionRemovingExpressionVisitor : ExpressionVisitor
+    {
+        protected override Expression VisitInvocation(InvocationExpression invocationExpression)
+        {
+            var invokedExpression = StripTrivialConversions(invocationExpression.Expression);
+
+            return invokedExpression is LambdaExpression lambdaExpression
+                ? InlineLambdaExpression(lambdaExpression, invocationExpression.Arguments)
+                : base.VisitInvocation(invocationExpression);
+        }
+
+        private Expression StripTrivialConversions(Expression expression)
+        {
+            while (expression is UnaryExpression unaryExpression
+                && unaryExpression.NodeType == ExpressionType.Convert
+                && expression.Type == unaryExpression.Operand.Type
+                && unaryExpression.Method == null)
+            {
+                expression = unaryExpression.Operand;
+            }
+
+            return expression;
+        }
+
+        private Expression InlineLambdaExpression(LambdaExpression lambdaExpression, ReadOnlyCollection<Expression> arguments)
+        {
+            var replacements = new Dictionary<Expression, Expression>(arguments.Count);
+            for (var i = 0; i < lambdaExpression.Parameters.Count; i++)
+            {
+                replacements.Add(lambdaExpression.Parameters[i], arguments[i]);
+            }
+
+            return new ReplacingExpressionVisitor(replacements).Visit(lambdaExpression.Body);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/EFCore/Query/QueryTranslationPreprocessor.cs b/src/EFCore/Query/QueryTranslationPreprocessor.cs
index be10f8531a9..fae6e25eaf9 100644
--- a/src/EFCore/Query/QueryTranslationPreprocessor.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore/Query/QueryTranslationPreprocessor.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public virtual Expression Process(Expression query)
         {
             query = new EnumerableToQueryableMethodConvertingExpressionVisitor().Visit(query);
             query = new QueryMetadataExtractingExpressionVisitor(_queryCompilationContext).Visit(query);
+            query = new InvocationExpressionRemovingExpressionVisitor().Visit(query);
             query = new AllAnyToContainsRewritingExpressionVisitor().Visit(query);
             query = new GroupJoinFlatteningExpressionVisitor().Visit(query);
             query = new NullCheckRemovingExpressionVisitor().Visit(query);
diff --git a/test/EFCore.Cosmos.FunctionalTests/Query/SimpleQueryCosmosTest.Where.cs b/test/EFCore.Cosmos.FunctionalTests/Query/SimpleQueryCosmosTest.Where.cs
index 7c08c7e30cb..e5effc18e73 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.Cosmos.FunctionalTests/Query/SimpleQueryCosmosTest.Where.cs
+++ b/test/EFCore.Cosmos.FunctionalTests/Query/SimpleQueryCosmosTest.Where.cs
@@ -1515,9 +1515,20 @@ FROM root c
 WHERE ((c[""Discriminator""] = ""Customer"") AND (c[""Fax""] = null))");
         }
 
-        public override async Task Where_expression_invoke(bool isAsync)
+        public override async Task Where_expression_invoke_1(bool isAsync)
         {
-            await base.Where_expression_invoke(isAsync);
+            await base.Where_expression_invoke_1(isAsync);
+
+            AssertSql(
+                @"SELECT c
+FROM root c
+WHERE ((c[""Discriminator""] = ""Customer"") AND (c[""CustomerID""] = ""ALFKI""))");
+        }
+
+        [ConditionalTheory(Skip = "Issue #17246")]
+        public override async Task Where_expression_invoke_2(bool isAsync)
+        {
+            await base.Where_expression_invoke_2(isAsync);
 
             AssertSql(
                 @"SELECT c
diff --git a/test/EFCore.Specification.Tests/Query/SimpleQueryTestBase.Where.cs b/test/EFCore.Specification.Tests/Query/SimpleQueryTestBase.Where.cs
index 2f64f44a553..b601844dfc4 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.Specification.Tests/Query/SimpleQueryTestBase.Where.cs
+++ b/test/EFCore.Specification.Tests/Query/SimpleQueryTestBase.Where.cs
@@ -1495,9 +1495,9 @@ public virtual Task Where_default(bool isAsync)
                 entryCount: 22);
         }
 
-        [ConditionalTheory(Skip = "Issue#14572")]
+        [ConditionalTheory]
         [MemberData(nameof(IsAsyncData))]
-        public virtual Task Where_expression_invoke(bool isAsync)
+        public virtual Task Where_expression_invoke_1(bool isAsync)
         {
             Expression<Func<Customer, bool>> expression = c => c.CustomerID == "ALFKI";
             var parameter = Expression.Parameter(typeof(Customer), "c");
@@ -1509,6 +1509,22 @@ public virtual Task Where_expression_invoke(bool isAsync)
                 entryCount: 1);
         }
 
+        [ConditionalTheory]
+        [MemberData(nameof(IsAsyncData))]
+        public virtual Task Where_expression_invoke_2(bool isAsync)
+        {
+            Expression<Func<Order, Customer>> customer = o => o.Customer;
+            Expression<Func<Customer, bool>> predicate = c => c.CustomerID == "ALFKI";
+            var exp = Expression.Lambda<Func<Order, bool>>(
+                Expression.Invoke(predicate, customer.Body),
+                customer.Parameters);
+
+            return AssertQuery(
+                isAsync,
+                ss => ss.Set<Order>().Where(exp),
+                entryCount: 6);
+        }
+
         [ConditionalTheory]
         [MemberData(nameof(IsAsyncData))]
         public virtual Task Where_concat_string_int_comparison1(bool isAsync)
diff --git a/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Query/SimpleQuerySqlServerTest.Where.cs b/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Query/SimpleQuerySqlServerTest.Where.cs
index d4573596236..e5f860b8d82 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Query/SimpleQuerySqlServerTest.Where.cs
+++ b/test/EFCore.SqlServer.FunctionalTests/Query/SimpleQuerySqlServerTest.Where.cs
@@ -1270,9 +1270,9 @@ FROM [Customers] AS [c]
 WHERE [c].[Fax] IS NULL");
         }
 
-        public override async Task Where_expression_invoke(bool isAsync)
+        public override async Task Where_expression_invoke_1(bool isAsync)
         {
-            await base.Where_expression_invoke(isAsync);
+            await base.Where_expression_invoke_1(isAsync);
 
             AssertSql(
                 @"SELECT [c].[CustomerID], [c].[Address], [c].[City], [c].[CompanyName], [c].[ContactName], [c].[ContactTitle], [c].[Country], [c].[Fax], [c].[Phone], [c].[PostalCode], [c].[Region]
@@ -1280,6 +1280,17 @@ FROM [Customers] AS [c]
 WHERE [c].[CustomerID] = N'ALFKI'");
         }
 
+        public override async Task Where_expression_invoke_2(bool isAsync)
+        {
+            await base.Where_expression_invoke_2(isAsync);
+
+            AssertSql(
+                @"SELECT [o].[OrderID], [o].[CustomerID], [o].[EmployeeID], [o].[OrderDate]
+FROM [Orders] AS [o]
+LEFT JOIN [Customers] AS [c] ON [o].[CustomerID] = [c].[CustomerID]
+WHERE ([c].[CustomerID] = N'ALFKI') AND [c].[CustomerID] IS NOT NULL");
+        }
+
         public override async Task Where_concat_string_int_comparison1(bool isAsync)
         {
             await base.Where_concat_string_int_comparison1(isAsync);