diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/jsDocCompletionProvider.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/jsDocCompletionProvider.ts
index ea8d0e399e205f87b08d35ebc0eb20170b7d5b5d..08b3743258280b4915165815f3e7a4419924aff8 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/jsDocCompletionProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/features/jsDocCompletionProvider.ts
@@ -71,14 +71,22 @@ export default class JsDocCompletionProvider implements CompletionItemProvider {
 			return [];
 		}
 
-		// Only show the JSdoc completion when the everything before the cursor is whitespace
-		// or could be the opening of a comment
-		const line = document.lineAt(position.line).text;
-		const prefix = line.slice(0, position.character);
-		if (prefix.match(/^\s*$|\/\*\*\s*$|^\s*\/\*\*+\s*$/) === null) {
+		if (!this.isValidCursorPosition(document, position)) {
+			return [];
+		}
+
+		if (!await this.isCommentableLocation(file, position, token)) {
 			return [];
 		}
 
+		return [new JsDocCompletionItem(document, position, enableJsDocCompletions)];
+	}
+
+	private async isCommentableLocation(
+		file: string,
+		position: Position,
+		token: CancellationToken
+	): Promise<boolean> {
 		const args: Proto.FileRequestArgs = {
 			file
 		};
@@ -86,8 +94,9 @@ export default class JsDocCompletionProvider implements CompletionItemProvider {
 			this.client.execute('navtree', args, token),
 			new Promise<Proto.NavTreeResponse>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 250))
 		]);
+
 		if (!response || !response.body) {
-			return [];
+			return false;
 		}
 
 		const body = response.body;
@@ -104,11 +113,15 @@ export default class JsDocCompletionProvider implements CompletionItemProvider {
 			return tree.childItems ? tree.childItems.some(matchesPosition) : false;
 		}
 
-		if (!matchesPosition(body)) {
-			return [];
-		}
+		return matchesPosition(body);
+	}
 
-		return [new JsDocCompletionItem(document, position, enableJsDocCompletions)];
+	private isValidCursorPosition(document: TextDocument, position: Position): boolean {
+		// Only show the JSdoc completion when the everything before the cursor is whitespace
+		// or could be the opening of a comment
+		const line = document.lineAt(position.line).text;
+		const prefix = line.slice(0, position.character);
+		return prefix.match(/^\s*$|\/\*\*\s*$|^\s*\/\*\*+\s*$/) !== null;
 	}
 
 	public resolveCompletionItem(item: CompletionItem, _token: CancellationToken) {