diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadEditors.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadEditors.ts
index 72d97e02e7c..9cf68817e11 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadEditors.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadEditors.ts
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export class MainThreadTextEditors implements MainThreadTextEditorsShape {
 			// preserve pre 1.38 behaviour to not make group active when preserveFocus: true
 			// but make sure to restore the editor to fix https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/79633
 			activation: options.preserveFocus ? EditorActivation.RESTORE : undefined,
-			override: EditorOverride.EXCLUSIVE_ONLY
+			override: EditorOverride.DISABLED
 		};
 
 		const input: IResourceEditorInput = {