diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/bufferSyncSupport.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/bufferSyncSupport.ts
index c9e4f8b79d6..e034516d665 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/bufferSyncSupport.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/bufferSyncSupport.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ class BufferSynchronizer {
 
 	public change(filepath: string, events: vscode.TextDocumentContentChangeEvent[]) {
 		if (this.supportsBatching) {
+			if (!events.length) {
+				return;
+			}
 			if (!this._pending.changedFiles) {
 				this._pending.changedFiles = [];
 			}