diff --git a/internal/lsp/cache/load.go b/internal/lsp/cache/load.go
index 48b89f82c4..4c3b7d8650 100644
--- a/internal/lsp/cache/load.go
+++ b/internal/lsp/cache/load.go
@@ -39,8 +39,14 @@ func (s *snapshot) load(ctx context.Context, uri span.URI) ([]*metadata, error)
 
 	cfg := s.view.Config(ctx)
 	pkgs, err := packages.Load(cfg, fmt.Sprintf("file=%s", uri.Filename()))
-	log.Print(ctx, "go/packages.Load", tag.Of("packages", len(pkgs)))
 
+	// If the context was canceled, return early.
+	// Otherwise, we might be type-checking an incomplete result.
+	if err == context.Canceled {
+		return nil, errors.Errorf("no metadata for %s: %v", uri.Filename(), err)
+	}
+
+	log.Print(ctx, "go/packages.Load", tag.Of("packages", len(pkgs)))
 	if len(pkgs) == 0 {
 		if err == nil {
 			err = errors.Errorf("go/packages.Load: no packages found for %s", uri)