diff --git a/src/EditorFeatures/Core/Implementation/MetadataAsSource/MetadataAsSourceFileService.cs b/src/EditorFeatures/Core/Implementation/MetadataAsSource/MetadataAsSourceFileService.cs
index 5134703a4a8ab555c1372e3792b0d92c67c57a92..9103d6705ee7021345030fb4850cc0a229289021 100644
--- a/src/EditorFeatures/Core/Implementation/MetadataAsSource/MetadataAsSourceFileService.cs
+++ b/src/EditorFeatures/Core/Implementation/MetadataAsSource/MetadataAsSourceFileService.cs
@@ -220,15 +220,25 @@ public AssemblyDefinition Resolve(AssemblyNameReference name, ReaderParameters p
             {
                 foreach (var assembly in parentCompilation.GetReferencedAssemblySymbols())
                 {
-                    if (assembly.Identity.Name == name.Name
-                        && assembly.Identity.Version == name.Version
-                        && assembly.Identity.PublicKeyToken.SequenceEqual(name.PublicKeyToken ?? Array.Empty<byte>()))
+                    if (assembly.Identity.Name != name.Name
+                        || !assembly.Identity.PublicKeyToken.SequenceEqual(name.PublicKeyToken ?? Array.Empty<byte>()))
                     {
-                        // reference assemblies should be fine here...
-                        var reference = parentCompilation.GetMetadataReference(assembly);
-                        return AssemblyDefinition.ReadAssembly(reference.Display);
+                        continue;
                     }
+
+                    if (assembly.Identity.Version != name.Version
+                        && !string.Equals("mscorlib", assembly.Identity.Name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    {
+                        // MSBuild treats mscorlib special for the purpose of assembly resolution/unification, where all
+                        // versions of the assembly are considered equal. The same policy is adopted here.
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    // reference assemblies should be fine here...
+                    var reference = parentCompilation.GetMetadataReference(assembly);
+                    return AssemblyDefinition.ReadAssembly(reference.Display);
                 }
+
                 // not found
                 return null;
             }