diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/documentSymbol.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/documentSymbol.ts
index 866a86bfebc..02c1be917d3 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/documentSymbol.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/documentSymbol.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const getSymbolKind = (kind: string): vscode.SymbolKind => {
 };
 
 class TypeScriptDocumentSymbolProvider implements vscode.DocumentSymbolProvider {
+
 	public constructor(
 		private readonly client: ITypeScriptServiceClient,
 		private cachedResponse: CachedResponse<Proto.NavTreeResponse>,
@@ -45,23 +46,27 @@ class TypeScriptDocumentSymbolProvider implements vscode.DocumentSymbolProvider
 
 		const args: Proto.FileRequestArgs = { file };
 		const response = await this.cachedResponse.execute(document, () => this.client.execute('navtree', args, token));
-		if (response.type !== 'response' || !response.body) {
+		if (response.type !== 'response' || !response.body?.childItems) {
 			return undefined;
 		}
 
-		let tree = response.body;
-		if (tree && tree.childItems) {
-			// The root represents the file. Ignore this when showing in the UI
-			const result: vscode.DocumentSymbol[] = [];
-			tree.childItems.forEach(item => TypeScriptDocumentSymbolProvider.convertNavTree(document.uri, result, item));
-			return result;
+		// The root represents the file. Ignore this when showing in the UI
+		const result: vscode.DocumentSymbol[] = [];
+		for (const item of response.body.childItems) {
+			TypeScriptDocumentSymbolProvider.convertNavTree(document.uri, result, item);
 		}
-
-		return undefined;
+		return result;
 	}
 
-	private static convertNavTree(resource: vscode.Uri, bucket: vscode.DocumentSymbol[], item: Proto.NavigationTree): boolean {
+	private static convertNavTree(
+		resource: vscode.Uri,
+		output: vscode.DocumentSymbol[],
+		item: Proto.NavigationTree,
+	): boolean {
 		let shouldInclude = TypeScriptDocumentSymbolProvider.shouldInclueEntry(item);
+		if (!shouldInclude && !item.childItems?.length) {
+			return false;
+		}
 
 		const children = new Set(item.childItems || []);
 		for (const span of item.spans) {
@@ -83,7 +88,7 @@ class TypeScriptDocumentSymbolProvider implements vscode.DocumentSymbolProvider
 			}
 
 			if (shouldInclude) {
-				bucket.push(symbolInfo);
+				output.push(symbolInfo);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -98,7 +103,6 @@ class TypeScriptDocumentSymbolProvider implements vscode.DocumentSymbolProvider
 	}
 }
 
-
 export function register(
 	selector: vscode.DocumentSelector,
 	client: ITypeScriptServiceClient,