diff --git a/extensions/markdown-language-features/src/features/smartSelect.ts b/extensions/markdown-language-features/src/features/smartSelect.ts
index accba72bdcd75d601ca1865a6790362a5bc86101..35affb77355f601a8ab44c424b6e6b2fe1431ef7 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown-language-features/src/features/smartSelect.ts
+++ b/extensions/markdown-language-features/src/features/smartSelect.ts
@@ -81,10 +81,11 @@ export default class MarkdownSmartSelect implements vscode.SelectionRangeProvide
 				parentRange = currentRange;
 			}
 		}
-		if (!currentRange && parentRange) {
+		if (currentRange) {
+			return currentRange;
+		} else {
 			return parentRange;
 		}
-		return currentRange;
 	}
 
 	private async getHeaderSelectionRanges(document: vscode.TextDocument, position: vscode.Position): Promise<vscode.SelectionRange | undefined> {
@@ -119,10 +120,11 @@ export default class MarkdownSmartSelect implements vscode.SelectionRangeProvide
 			}
 			index++;
 		}
-		if (!currentRange && parentRange) {
+		if (currentRange) {
+			return currentRange;
+		} else {
 			return parentRange;
 		}
-		return currentRange;
 	}
 }