diff --git a/src/server/editorServices.ts b/src/server/editorServices.ts
index 00df53e1e35..23b172d1cfe 100644
--- a/src/server/editorServices.ts
+++ b/src/server/editorServices.ts
@@ -1079,6 +1079,12 @@ namespace ts.server {
                 project,
                 fileName => this.onConfigFileAddedForInferredProject(fileName));
 
+            if (root.scriptKind === ScriptKind.JS || root.scriptKind === ScriptKind.JSX) {
+                const options = project.getCompilerOptions();
+                options.maxNodeModuleJsDepth = 2;
+                project.setCompilerOptions(options);
+            }
+
             project.updateGraph();
 
             if (!useExistingProject) {
diff --git a/src/server/project.ts b/src/server/project.ts
index 2172b037d89..6085ee05159 100644
--- a/src/server/project.ts
+++ b/src/server/project.ts
@@ -169,13 +169,6 @@ namespace ts.server {
                 this.compilerOptions.allowNonTsExtensions = true;
             }
 
-            if (this.projectKind === ProjectKind.Inferred) {
-                // Add default compiler options for inferred projects here
-                if (this.compilerOptions.maxNodeModuleJsDepth === undefined) {
-                    this.compilerOptions.maxNodeModuleJsDepth = 2;
-                }
-            }
-
             this.setInternalCompilerOptionsForEmittingJsFiles();
 
             this.lsHost = new LSHost(this.projectService.host, this, this.projectService.cancellationToken);