diff --git a/cli/lsp/documents.rs b/cli/lsp/documents.rs
index 811587a8dd..57e48fbc3a 100644
--- a/cli/lsp/documents.rs
+++ b/cli/lsp/documents.rs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ impl AssetOrDocument {
 
   pub fn scope(&self) -> Option<&ModuleSpecifier> {
     match self {
-      AssetOrDocument::Asset(_) => None,
+      AssetOrDocument::Asset(asset_doc) => Some(asset_doc.specifier()),
       AssetOrDocument::Document(doc) => doc.scope(),
     }
   }
diff --git a/cli/tsc/99_main_compiler.js b/cli/tsc/99_main_compiler.js
index 4fba5449fc..75c6f8117e 100644
--- a/cli/tsc/99_main_compiler.js
+++ b/cli/tsc/99_main_compiler.js
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ delete Object.prototype.__proto__;
 
   const isCjsCache = new SpecifierIsCjsCache();
 
+  // Maps asset specifiers to the first scope that the asset was loaded into.
+  /** @type {Map<string, string | null>} */
+  const assetScopes = new Map();
+
   /** @type {number | null} */
   let projectVersionCache = null;
 
@@ -837,6 +841,9 @@ delete Object.prototype.__proto__;
       }
       const sourceFile = sourceFileCache.get(specifier);
       if (sourceFile) {
+        if (!assetScopes.has(specifier)) {
+          assetScopes.set(specifier, lastRequestScope);
+        }
         // This case only occurs for assets.
         return ts.ScriptSnapshot.fromString(sourceFile.text);
       }
@@ -1210,6 +1217,7 @@ delete Object.prototype.__proto__;
       const newConfigsByScope = maybeChange[2];
       if (newConfigsByScope) {
         isNodeSourceFileCache.clear();
+        assetScopes.clear();
         /** @type { typeof languageServiceEntries.byScope } */
         const newByScope = new Map();
         for (const [scope, config] of newConfigsByScope) {
@@ -1247,6 +1255,12 @@ delete Object.prototype.__proto__;
       }
     }
 
+    // For requests pertaining to an asset document, we make it so that the
+    // passed scope is just its own specifier. We map it to an actual scope here
+    // based on the first scope that the asset was loaded into.
+    if (scope?.startsWith(ASSETS_URL_PREFIX)) {
+      scope = assetScopes.get(scope) ?? null;
+    }
     lastRequestMethod = method;
     lastRequestScope = scope;
     const ls = (scope ? languageServiceEntries.byScope.get(scope)?.ls : null) ??
diff --git a/tests/integration/lsp_tests.rs b/tests/integration/lsp_tests.rs
index ae859a650d..8034bb6837 100644
--- a/tests/integration/lsp_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/integration/lsp_tests.rs
@@ -1409,11 +1409,13 @@ fn lsp_hover() {
 #[test]
 fn lsp_hover_asset() {
   let context = TestContextBuilder::new().use_temp_cwd().build();
+  let temp_dir = context.temp_dir();
+  temp_dir.write("deno.json", json!({}).to_string());
   let mut client = context.new_lsp_command().build();
   client.initialize_default();
   client.did_open(json!({
     "textDocument": {
-      "uri": "file:///a/file.ts",
+      "uri": temp_dir.uri().join("file.ts").unwrap(),
       "languageId": "typescript",
       "version": 1,
       "text": "console.log(Date.now());\n"
@@ -1423,7 +1425,7 @@ fn lsp_hover_asset() {
     "textDocument/definition",
     json!({
       "textDocument": {
-        "uri": "file:///a/file.ts"
+        "uri": temp_dir.uri().join("file.ts").unwrap()
       },
       "position": { "line": 0, "character": 14 }
     }),