diff --git a/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/Recommendations/CSharpRecommendationServiceRunner.cs b/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/Recommendations/CSharpRecommendationServiceRunner.cs
index c699a97dce64d..7e11abc057cee 100644
--- a/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/Recommendations/CSharpRecommendationServiceRunner.cs
+++ b/src/Workspaces/CSharp/Portable/Recommendations/CSharpRecommendationServiceRunner.cs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ private ImmutableArray<ISymbol> GetSymbolsForCurrentContext()
                 // is a type-only context, we'll show all symbols anyway.
                 return GetSymbolsForExpressionOrStatementContext();
             }
-            else if (_context.IsTypeContext || _context.IsNamespaceContext || _context.IsLocalFunctionDeclarationContext)
+            else if (_context.IsTypeContext || _context.IsNamespaceContext)
             {
                 return GetSymbolsForTypeOrNamespaceContext();
             }
diff --git a/src/Workspaces/SharedUtilitiesAndExtensions/Workspace/CSharp/Extensions/ContextQuery/SyntaxTreeExtensions.cs b/src/Workspaces/SharedUtilitiesAndExtensions/Workspace/CSharp/Extensions/ContextQuery/SyntaxTreeExtensions.cs
index 48d07fe0b83b4..ea43382d50fad 100644
--- a/src/Workspaces/SharedUtilitiesAndExtensions/Workspace/CSharp/Extensions/ContextQuery/SyntaxTreeExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Workspaces/SharedUtilitiesAndExtensions/Workspace/CSharp/Extensions/ContextQuery/SyntaxTreeExtensions.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Extensions.ContextQuery
 {
     internal static partial class SyntaxTreeExtensions
     {
+        private static readonly ISet<SyntaxKind> s_validLocalFunctionModifiers = new HashSet<SyntaxKind>(SyntaxFacts.EqualityComparer)
+            {
+                SyntaxKind.ExternKeyword,
+                SyntaxKind.StaticKeyword,
+                SyntaxKind.AsyncKeyword,
+                SyntaxKind.UnsafeKeyword,
+            };
+
         public static bool IsAttributeNameContext(this SyntaxTree syntaxTree, int position, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             var token = syntaxTree.FindTokenOnLeftOfPosition(position, cancellationToken);
@@ -799,7 +807,8 @@ public static bool IsTypeContext(
                     validModifiers: SyntaxKindSet.AllMemberModifiers,
                     validTypeDeclarations: SyntaxKindSet.ClassInterfaceStructRecordTypeDeclarations,
                     canBePartial: false,
-                    cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+                    cancellationToken: cancellationToken) ||
+                syntaxTree.IsLocalFunctionDeclarationContext(position, s_validLocalFunctionModifiers, cancellationToken);
         }
 
         public static bool IsBaseClassOrInterfaceContext(this SyntaxTree syntaxTree, int position, CancellationToken cancellationToken)