diff --git a/src/services/services.ts b/src/services/services.ts
index bdc6fe62d5d..146baf96d32 100644
--- a/src/services/services.ts
+++ b/src/services/services.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,10 @@ namespace ts {
         }
 
         public getText(sourceFile?: SourceFile): string {
-            return (sourceFile || this.getSourceFile()).text.substring(this.getStart(), this.getEnd());
+            if (!sourceFile) {
+                sourceFile = this.getSourceFile();
+            }
+            return sourceFile.text.substring(this.getStart(sourceFile), this.getEnd());
         }
 
         private addSyntheticNodes(nodes: Node[], pos: number, end: number, useJSDocScanner?: boolean): number {