diff --git a/src/vs/base/common/filters.ts b/src/vs/base/common/filters.ts
index f0df6a97776637c5ab4320f83a31a92ecc4ed689..3b128cddf7b267677b942290a91e064a3a5e1116 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/common/filters.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/common/filters.ts
@@ -386,7 +386,13 @@ export function createMatches(score: undefined | FuzzyScore): IMatch[] {
 		if (mask > matches) {
 			break;
 		} else if (matches & mask) {
-			res.push({ start: pos, end: pos + 1 });
+			const last = res[res.length - 1];
+
+			if (last && last.end === pos) {
+				last.end = pos + 1;
+			} else {
+				res.push({ start: pos, end: pos + 1 });
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return res;