diff --git a/lisp/treesit.el b/lisp/treesit.el
index 41ebc62fca6..8163ffdf329 100644
--- a/lisp/treesit.el
+++ b/lisp/treesit.el
@@ -544,7 +544,12 @@ region."
             (when (eq (treesit-parser-language parser)
                       language)
               (treesit-parser-set-included-ranges
-               parser set-ranges))))))))
+               parser (or set-ranges
+                          ;; When there's no range for the embedded
+                          ;; language, set it's range to a dummy (1
+                          ;; . 1), otherwise it would be set to the
+                          ;; whole buffer, which is not what we want.
+                          `((,(point-min) . ,(point-min))))))))))))
 
 (defun treesit-parser-range-on (parser beg &optional end)
   "Check if PARSER's range covers the portion between BEG and END.