diff --git a/crates/language/src/syntax_map.rs b/crates/language/src/syntax_map.rs
index 03c3eff1a9..7e5664c1bd 100644
--- a/crates/language/src/syntax_map.rs
+++ b/crates/language/src/syntax_map.rs
@@ -541,6 +541,15 @@ impl SyntaxSnapshot {
                             .to_ts_point();
                     }
 
+                    if included_ranges.is_empty() {
+                        included_ranges.push(tree_sitter::Range {
+                            start_byte: 0,
+                            end_byte: 0,
+                            start_point: Default::default(),
+                            end_point: Default::default(),
+                        });
+                    }
+
                     if let Some(SyntaxLayerContent::Parsed { tree: old_tree, .. }) =
                         old_layer.map(|layer| &layer.content)
                     {
diff --git a/crates/language/src/syntax_map/syntax_map_tests.rs b/crates/language/src/syntax_map/syntax_map_tests.rs
index f8d63b2a4f..57b5cd4a8c 100644
--- a/crates/language/src/syntax_map/syntax_map_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/language/src/syntax_map/syntax_map_tests.rs
@@ -655,6 +655,34 @@ fn test_combined_injections_inside_injections() {
     );
 }
 
+#[gpui::test]
+fn test_empty_combined_injections_inside_injections() {
+    let (buffer, syntax_map) = test_edit_sequence(
+        "Markdown",
+        &[r#"
+            ```erb
+            hello
+            ```
+
+            goodbye
+        "#],
+    );
+
+    assert_layers_for_range(
+        &syntax_map,
+        &buffer,
+        Point::new(0, 0)..Point::new(5, 0),
+        &[
+            "...(paragraph)...",
+            "(template...",
+            "(fragment...",
+            // The ruby syntax tree should be empty, since there are
+            // no interpolations in the ERB template.
+            "(program)",
+        ],
+    );
+}
+
 #[gpui::test(iterations = 50)]
 fn test_random_syntax_map_edits(mut rng: StdRng) {
     let operations = env::var("OPERATIONS")