diff --git a/vsintegration/src/FSharp.Editor/Refactor/AddExplicitReturnType.fs b/vsintegration/src/FSharp.Editor/Refactor/AddExplicitReturnType.fs
index 7e836f482931..b7e8afd3ed47 100644
--- a/vsintegration/src/FSharp.Editor/Refactor/AddExplicitReturnType.fs
+++ b/vsintegration/src/FSharp.Editor/Refactor/AddExplicitReturnType.fs
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ type internal AddExplicitReturnType [<ImportingConstructor>] () =
         | _ -> None
 
     override _.ComputeRefactoringsAsync context =
-        let ct = context.CancellationToken
-
         cancellableTask {
             let document = context.Document
             let position = context.Span.Start
@@ -93,7 +91,8 @@ type internal AddExplicitReturnType [<ImportingConstructor>] () =
             let! lexerSymbol =
                 document.TryFindFSharpLexerSymbolAsync(position, SymbolLookupKind.Greedy, false, false, nameof (AddExplicitReturnType))
 
-            let! (parseFileResults, checkFileResults) = document.GetFSharpParseAndCheckResultsAsync(nameof (AddExplicitReturnType))
+            let! (parseFileResults, checkFileResults) = 
+                document.GetFSharpParseAndCheckResultsAsync(nameof (AddExplicitReturnType))
 
             let symbolUseOpt =
                 lexerSymbol
@@ -121,5 +120,4 @@ type internal AddExplicitReturnType [<ImportingConstructor>] () =
             | _ -> ()
 
             return ()
-        }
-        |> CancellableTask.startAsTask ct
+        } |> CancellableTask.startAsTaskWithoutCancellation
diff --git a/vsintegration/tests/FSharp.Editor.Tests/Refactors/AddExplicitReturnTypeTests.fs b/vsintegration/tests/FSharp.Editor.Tests/Refactors/AddExplicitReturnTypeTests.fs
index 8a45b8396a62..fae889553c3c 100644
--- a/vsintegration/tests/FSharp.Editor.Tests/Refactors/AddExplicitReturnTypeTests.fs
+++ b/vsintegration/tests/FSharp.Editor.Tests/Refactors/AddExplicitReturnTypeTests.fs
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ open Microsoft.VisualStudio.FSharp.Editor
 open Xunit
 open System.Linq
 open FSharp.Editor.Tests.Refactors.RefactorTestFramework
+open FSharp.Test.ProjectGeneration
+open FSharp.Editor.Tests.Helpers
+open System.Threading
 
 [<Theory>]
 [<InlineData(":int")>]
@@ -181,18 +184,31 @@ let ``Correctly infer custom type that is declared earlier in project`` () =
 
     let myModule =
         """
-module MyModule
 type MyType = { Value: int }
         """
 
     let code =
         """
-open MyModule
+open ModuleFirst
 
 let sum a b = {Value=a+b}
         """
 
-    use context = TestContext.CreateWithCodeAndDependency code myModule
+    let project =
+           SyntheticProject.Create(
+               { sourceFile "First" [] with
+                   Source = myModule 
+                   SignatureFile = AutoGenerated
+               },
+               { sourceFile "Second" ["First"] with
+                   Source = code
+               }
+           )
+
+    project.SaveAndCheck() |> ignore
+    let solution, _ = RoslynTestHelpers.CreateSolution project
+    let ct = CancellationToken false
+    let context = new TestContext(solution, ct)
 
     let spanStart = code.IndexOf symbolName