diff --git a/helix-view/src/document.rs b/helix-view/src/document.rs
index 362a433ed..6de60995e 100644
--- a/helix-view/src/document.rs
+++ b/helix-view/src/document.rs
@@ -471,10 +471,15 @@ impl Document {
             let mut file = File::create(path).await?;
             to_writer(&mut file, encoding, &text).await?;
 
-            if let Some(notification) = language_server.and_then(|language_server| {
-                language_server.text_document_did_save(identifier, &text)
-            }) {
-                notification.await?;
+            if let Some(language_server) = language_server {
+                if language_server.is_initialized() {
+                    return Ok(());
+                }
+                if let Some(notification) =
+                    language_server.text_document_did_save(identifier, &text)
+                {
+                    notification.await?;
+                }
             }
 
             Ok(())