diff --git a/.changeset/five-spiders-protect.md b/.changeset/five-spiders-protect.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d224591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/five-spiders-protect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"vscode-apollo": patch
+---
+
+Return early instead of erroring on missing fields
diff --git a/src/language-server/errors/validation.ts b/src/language-server/errors/validation.ts
index ab03372c..e5573bca 100644
--- a/src/language-server/errors/validation.ts
+++ b/src/language-server/errors/validation.ts
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ export function NoMissingClientDirectives(context: ValidationContext) {
     const fieldDef = context.getFieldDef();
 
     // if we don't have a type to check then we can early return
-    if (!parentType) return;
+    if (!parentType || !fieldDef) return;
 
     // here we collect all of the fields on a type that are marked "local"
     const clientFields =