diff --git a/src/Features/Core/Portable/DocumentHighlighting/AbstractDocumentHighlightsService.cs b/src/Features/Core/Portable/DocumentHighlighting/AbstractDocumentHighlightsService.cs
index 68658217820424db0a89e143c8c563ad7299c619..42d277761d91f286f4f6fba505accb9f89950c16 100644
--- a/src/Features/Core/Portable/DocumentHighlighting/AbstractDocumentHighlightsService.cs
+++ b/src/Features/Core/Portable/DocumentHighlighting/AbstractDocumentHighlightsService.cs
@@ -64,11 +64,9 @@ internal abstract partial class AbstractDocumentHighlightsService : IDocumentHig
                 return result;
             }
 
-            // use speculative semantic model to see whether we are on a symbol we can do HR
-            var span = new TextSpan(position, 0);
             var solution = document.Project.Solution;
 
-            var semanticModel = await document.GetSemanticModelForSpanAsync(span, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var semanticModel = await document.GetSemanticModelAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             var symbol = await SymbolFinder.FindSymbolAtPositionAsync(
                 semanticModel, position, solution.Workspace, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             if (symbol == null)