diff --git a/language-server/src/dotty/tools/languageserver/DottyLanguageServer.scala b/language-server/src/dotty/tools/languageserver/DottyLanguageServer.scala
index 88aab52053ae..b7868da45459 100644
--- a/language-server/src/dotty/tools/languageserver/DottyLanguageServer.scala
+++ b/language-server/src/dotty/tools/languageserver/DottyLanguageServer.scala
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ class DottyLanguageServer extends LanguageServer
     val tp = Interactive.enclosingType(trees, pos)
     val tpw = tp.widenTermRefExpr
 
-    if (tpw == NoType) null // null here indicates that no response should be sent
+    if (tp.isError || tpw == NoType) null // null here indicates that no response should be sent
     else {
       val symbol = Interactive.enclosingSourceSymbol(trees, pos)
       val docComment = ctx.docCtx.flatMap(_.docstring(symbol))