diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepTextSearch.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepTextSearch.ts
index ea9ededf001..72913a99f20 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepTextSearch.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/ripgrepTextSearch.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class RipgrepEngine {
 
 	// TODO@Rob - make promise-based once the old search is gone, and I don't need them to have matching interfaces anymore
 	search(onResult: (match: ISerializedFileMatch) => void, onMessage: (message: ISearchLog) => void, done: (error: Error, complete: ISerializedSearchComplete) => void): void {
-		if (!this.config.folderQueries.length) {
+		if (!this.config.folderQueries.length && !this.config.extraFiles.length) {
 			done(null, {
 				limitHit: false,
 				stats: null