diff --git a/src/Features/LanguageServer/Protocol/Extensions/ProtocolConversions.cs b/src/Features/LanguageServer/Protocol/Extensions/ProtocolConversions.cs
index 48da63029f19b..5a405668713a4 100644
--- a/src/Features/LanguageServer/Protocol/Extensions/ProtocolConversions.cs
+++ b/src/Features/LanguageServer/Protocol/Extensions/ProtocolConversions.cs
@@ -197,11 +197,13 @@ public static LSP.Range TextSpanToRange(TextSpan textSpan, SourceText text)
         }
 
         public static Task<LSP.Location?> DocumentSpanToLocationAsync(DocumentSpan documentSpan, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-            => TextSpanToLocationAsync(documentSpan.Document, documentSpan.SourceSpan, cancellationToken);
+            => TextSpanToLocationAsync(documentSpan.Document, documentSpan.SourceSpan, isStale: false, cancellationToken);
 
-        public static async Task<LSP.LocationWithText?> DocumentSpanToLocationWithTextAsync(DocumentSpan documentSpan, ClassifiedTextElement text, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        public static async Task<LSP.LocationWithText?> DocumentSpanToLocationWithTextAsync(
+            DocumentSpan documentSpan, ClassifiedTextElement text, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            var location = await TextSpanToLocationAsync(documentSpan.Document, documentSpan.SourceSpan, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var location = await TextSpanToLocationAsync(
+                documentSpan.Document, documentSpan.SourceSpan, isStale: false, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             return location == null ? null : new LSP.LocationWithText
             {
@@ -280,18 +282,22 @@ public static LSP.Range TextSpanToRange(TextSpan textSpan, SourceText text)
             return documentEdits;
         }
 
-        public static async Task<LSP.Location?> TextSpanToLocationAsync(Document document, TextSpan textSpan, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        public static async Task<LSP.Location?> TextSpanToLocationAsync(
+            Document document,
+            TextSpan textSpan,
+            bool isStale,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             var result = await GetMappedSpanResultAsync(document, ImmutableArray.Create(textSpan), cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             if (result == null)
             {
-                return await ConvertTextSpanToLocation(document, textSpan, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                return await ConvertTextSpanToLocation(document, textSpan, isStale, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
 
             var mappedSpan = result.Value.Single();
             if (mappedSpan.IsDefault)
             {
-                return await ConvertTextSpanToLocation(document, textSpan, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                return await ConvertTextSpanToLocation(document, textSpan, isStale, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
 
             return new LSP.Location
@@ -300,10 +306,24 @@ public static LSP.Range TextSpanToRange(TextSpan textSpan, SourceText text)
                 Range = MappedSpanResultToRange(mappedSpan)
             };
 
-            static async Task<LSP.Location> ConvertTextSpanToLocation(Document document, TextSpan span, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+            static async Task<LSP.Location> ConvertTextSpanToLocation(
+                Document document,
+                TextSpan span,
+                bool isStale,
+                CancellationToken cancellationToken)
             {
                 var text = await document.GetTextAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
+                if (isStale)
+                {
+                    // in the case of a stale item, the span may be out of bounds of the document. Cap
+                    // us to the end of the document as that's where we're going to navigate the user
+                    // to.
+                    span = TextSpan.FromBounds(
+                        Math.Min(text.Length, span.Start),
+                        Math.Min(text.Length, span.End));
+                }
+
                 return ConvertTextSpanWithTextToLocation(span, text, document.GetURI());
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Features/LanguageServer/Protocol/Handler/Definitions/AbstractGoToDefinitionHandler.cs b/src/Features/LanguageServer/Protocol/Handler/Definitions/AbstractGoToDefinitionHandler.cs
index 0759e9f573eca..75b06a9728f85 100644
--- a/src/Features/LanguageServer/Protocol/Handler/Definitions/AbstractGoToDefinitionHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Features/LanguageServer/Protocol/Handler/Definitions/AbstractGoToDefinitionHandler.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ public AbstractGoToDefinitionHandler(IMetadataAsSourceFileService metadataAsSour
                         continue;
                     }
 
-                    var location = await ProtocolConversions.TextSpanToLocationAsync(definition.Document, definition.SourceSpan, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    var location = await ProtocolConversions.TextSpanToLocationAsync(
+                        definition.Document, definition.SourceSpan, definition.IsStale, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     locations.AddIfNotNull(location);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/Features/LanguageServer/Protocol/Handler/Symbols/WorkspaceSymbolsHandler.cs b/src/Features/LanguageServer/Protocol/Handler/Symbols/WorkspaceSymbolsHandler.cs
index cdcde12cbc943..387c09bc40886 100644
--- a/src/Features/LanguageServer/Protocol/Handler/Symbols/WorkspaceSymbolsHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Features/LanguageServer/Protocol/Handler/Symbols/WorkspaceSymbolsHandler.cs
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ public void ReportProgress(int current, int maximum)
 
             private async Task ReportSymbolInformationAsync(INavigateToSearchResult result, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
             {
-                var location = await ProtocolConversions.TextSpanToLocationAsync(result.NavigableItem.Document, result.NavigableItem.SourceSpan, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                var location = await ProtocolConversions.TextSpanToLocationAsync(
+                    result.NavigableItem.Document, result.NavigableItem.SourceSpan, result.NavigableItem.IsStale, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 Contract.ThrowIfNull(location);
                 _progress.Report(new VSSymbolInformation
                 {