diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostDocumentsAndEditors.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostDocumentsAndEditors.ts
index 164827a79fd369fa6dca9521e0f656ac3b714902..27baef47f89372dea0648b346ec9002c3b6351b7 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostDocumentsAndEditors.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostDocumentsAndEditors.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ export class ExtHostDocumentsAndEditors extends ExtHostDocumentsAndEditorsShape
 			this._activeEditorId = delta.newActiveEditor;
 		}
 
+		dispose(removedDocuments);
+		dispose(removedEditors);
+
 		// now that the internal state is complete, fire events
 		if (delta.removedDocuments) {
 			this._onDidRemoveDocuments.fire(removedDocuments);
@@ -112,10 +115,6 @@ export class ExtHostDocumentsAndEditors extends ExtHostDocumentsAndEditorsShape
 		if (delta.newActiveEditor !== undefined) {
 			this._onDidChangeActiveTextEditor.fire(this.activeEditor());
 		}
-
-		// now that the events are out, dispose removed documents and editors
-		dispose(removedDocuments);
-		dispose(removedEditors);
 	}
 
 	getDocument(strUrl: string): ExtHostDocumentData {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/api/extHostDocumentsAndEditors.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/api/extHostDocumentsAndEditors.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fc14d9e5382aa105f2e5fad75d5c91b7d584f598
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/test/electron-browser/api/extHostDocumentsAndEditors.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+'use strict';
+
+import * as assert from 'assert';
+import URI from 'vs/base/common/uri';
+import { ExtHostDocumentsAndEditors } from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHostDocumentsAndEditors';
+import { TPromise } from 'vs/base/common/winjs.base';
+
+
+suite('ExtHostDocumentsAndEditors', () => {
+
+	let editors: ExtHostDocumentsAndEditors;
+
+	setup(function () {
+		editors = new ExtHostDocumentsAndEditors({
+			_serviceBrand: undefined,
+			get() { return undefined; },
+			set() { }
+		});
+	});
+
+	test('The value of TextDocument.isClosed is incorrect when a text document is closed, #27949', () => {
+
+		editors.$acceptDocumentsAndEditorsDelta({
+			addedDocuments: [{
+				EOL: '\n',
+				isDirty: true,
+				modeId: 'fooLang',
+				url: URI.parse('foo:bar'),
+				versionId: 1,
+				lines: [
+					'first',
+					'second'
+				]
+			}]
+		});
+
+		return new TPromise((resolve, reject) => {
+
+			editors.onDidRemoveDocuments(e => {
+				try {
+
+					for (const data of e) {
+						assert.equal(data.document.isClosed, true);
+					}
+					resolve(undefined);
+				} catch (e) {
+					reject(e);
+				}
+			});
+
+			editors.$acceptDocumentsAndEditorsDelta({
+				removedDocuments: ['foo:bar']
+			});
+
+		});
+	});
+
+});