diff --git a/src/language/__tests__/lexer-test.ts b/src/language/__tests__/lexer-test.ts
index 173d7176cb..1e925f73cc 100644
--- a/src/language/__tests__/lexer-test.ts
+++ b/src/language/__tests__/lexer-test.ts
@@ -1040,6 +1040,21 @@ describe('Lexer', () => {
       locations: [{ line: 1, column: 1 }],
     });
 
+    expectSyntaxError('\uD83D\uDE00').to.deep.equal({
+      message: 'Syntax Error: Unexpected character: U+1F600.',
+      locations: [{ line: 1, column: 1 }],
+    });
+
+    expectSyntaxError('\uD800\uDC00').to.deep.equal({
+      message: 'Syntax Error: Unexpected character: U+10000.',
+      locations: [{ line: 1, column: 1 }],
+    });
+
+    expectSyntaxError('\uDBFF\uDFFF').to.deep.equal({
+      message: 'Syntax Error: Unexpected character: U+10FFFF.',
+      locations: [{ line: 1, column: 1 }],
+    });
+
     expectSyntaxError('\uDEAD').to.deep.equal({
       message: 'Syntax Error: Invalid character: U+DEAD.',
       locations: [{ line: 1, column: 1 }],
diff --git a/src/language/lexer.ts b/src/language/lexer.ts
index c6f24092e5..d5d0fbb442 100644
--- a/src/language/lexer.ts
+++ b/src/language/lexer.ts
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ function encodeSurrogatePair(point: number): string {
 }
 
 function decodeSurrogatePair(leading: number, trailing: number): number {
-  return 0x10000 | ((leading & 0x03ff) << 10) | (trailing & 0x03ff);
+  return 0x10000 + (((leading & 0x03ff) << 10) | (trailing & 0x03ff));
 }
 
 /**