diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/editorBrowser.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/editorBrowser.ts
index b69c69a1c2d0fe1e819a1c2cdf1d6b7fa72945b3..3f9eef1b816d5952f36818964cb902bb1be39798 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/editorBrowser.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/editorBrowser.ts
@@ -1055,3 +1055,14 @@ export function getCodeEditor(thing: any): ICodeEditor | null {
 
 	return null;
 }
+
+/**
+ *@internal
+ */
+export function getIEditor(thing: any): editorCommon.IEditor | null {
+	if (isCodeEditor(thing) || isDiffEditor(thing)) {
+		return thing;
+	}
+
+	return null;
+}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/editor.ts b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/editor.ts
index e562c83198da23b923e466273510dfb43f655583..848df29f9ca69e78bd59035b301ba84a11d4e852 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/editor.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/editor/editor.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { Event } from 'vs/base/common/event';
 import { IConfigurationChangeEvent, IConfigurationService } from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configuration';
 import { IThemeService } from 'vs/platform/theme/common/themeService';
 import { ISerializableView } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/grid/grid';
-import { getCodeEditor } from 'vs/editor/browser/editorBrowser';
+import { getIEditor } from 'vs/editor/browser/editorBrowser';
 import { IEditorOptions } from 'vs/platform/editor/common/editor';
 import { IEditorService, IResourceEditorInputType } from 'vs/workbench/services/editor/common/editorService';
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export interface IEditorGroupView extends IDisposable, ISerializableView, IEdito
 }
 
 export function getActiveTextEditorOptions(group: IEditorGroup, expectedActiveEditor?: IEditorInput, presetOptions?: EditorOptions): EditorOptions {
-	const activeGroupCodeEditor = group.activeEditorPane ? getCodeEditor(group.activeEditorPane.getControl()) : undefined;
+	const activeGroupCodeEditor = group.activeEditorPane ? getIEditor(group.activeEditorPane.getControl()) : undefined;
 	if (activeGroupCodeEditor) {
 		if (!expectedActiveEditor || expectedActiveEditor.matches(group.activeEditor)) {
 			return TextEditorOptions.fromEditor(activeGroupCodeEditor, presetOptions);
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/browser/anythingQuickAccess.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/browser/anythingQuickAccess.ts
index adb459fb155e29ff9fb3d89fec2c6a3187033726..e20d202956a6bbcd77fd9cfbdca643f2cb67828d 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/browser/anythingQuickAccess.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/browser/anythingQuickAccess.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import { ITextModelService } from 'vs/editor/common/services/resolverService';
 import { ScrollType, IEditor, ICodeEditorViewState, IDiffEditorViewState } from 'vs/editor/common/editorCommon';
 import { once } from 'vs/base/common/functional';
 import { IEditorGroup } from 'vs/workbench/services/editor/common/editorGroupsService';
-import { getCodeEditor } from 'vs/editor/browser/editorBrowser';
+import { getIEditor } from 'vs/editor/browser/editorBrowser';
 import { withNullAsUndefined } from 'vs/base/common/types';
 import { Codicon, stripCodicons } from 'vs/base/common/codicons';
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export class AnythingQuickAccessProvider extends PickerQuickAccessProvider<IAnyt
 				this.editorViewState = {
 					group: activeEditorPane.group,
 					editor: activeEditorPane.input,
-					state: withNullAsUndefined(getCodeEditor(activeEditorPane.getControl())?.saveViewState())
+					state: withNullAsUndefined(getIEditor(activeEditorPane.getControl())?.saveViewState())
 				};
 			}
 		}