diff --git a/src/Features/Core/Portable/Completion/CompletionService.cs b/src/Features/Core/Portable/Completion/CompletionService.cs
index 77938d3170f800bda4efdeaf107d442487a2814a..8910990e69d06bc11130ec72b8a29ee16b59fdda 100644
--- a/src/Features/Core/Portable/Completion/CompletionService.cs
+++ b/src/Features/Core/Portable/Completion/CompletionService.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Completion
 {
     internal static class CompletionService
     {
-        private static readonly Task<CompletionList> s_emptyCompletionListTask = Task.FromResult(new CompletionList(ImmutableArray<CompletionItem>.Empty));
+        private static Task<CompletionList> s_emptyCompletionListTask;
 
         public static IEnumerable<CompletionListProvider> GetDefaultCompletionListProviders(Document document)
         {
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ public static CompletionRules GetCompletionRules(Document document)
             }
             else
             {
+                if (s_emptyCompletionListTask == null)
+                {
+                    var value = Task.FromResult(new CompletionList(ImmutableArray<CompletionItem>.Empty));
+                    Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref s_emptyCompletionListTask, value, null);
+                }
+
                 return s_emptyCompletionListTask;
             }
         }