diff --git a/extensions/emmet/src/defaultCompletionProvider.ts b/extensions/emmet/src/defaultCompletionProvider.ts
index fe5a478f1061c..b6edd606da3c9 100644
--- a/extensions/emmet/src/defaultCompletionProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/emmet/src/defaultCompletionProvider.ts
@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@ import { Node, HtmlNode } from 'EmmetNode';
 import { DocumentStreamReader } from './bufferStream';
 import { EmmetCompletionItemProvider, isStyleSheet } from 'vscode-emmet-helper';
 import { isValidLocationForEmmetAbbreviation } from './abbreviationActions';
-import { getSyntax, getNode, getInnerRange } from './util';
+import { getSyntax, getNode, getInnerRange, getExcludedModes } from './util';
 
 export class DefaultCompletionItemProvider implements vscode.CompletionItemProvider {
 
 	public provideCompletionItems(document: vscode.TextDocument, position: vscode.Position, token: vscode.CancellationToken): Thenable<vscode.CompletionList> {
 		let syntax = getSyntax(document);
+		if (getExcludedModes().indexOf(syntax) > -1) {
+			return;
+		}
 		syntax = this.syntaxHelper(syntax, document, position);
 
 		if (!syntax) {
diff --git a/extensions/emmet/src/extension.ts b/extensions/emmet/src/extension.ts
index 73f26dab9aa4d..e8ac1cbdf15bd 100644
--- a/extensions/emmet/src/extension.ts
+++ b/extensions/emmet/src/extension.ts
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ import { updateExtensionsPath } from 'vscode-emmet-helper';
 
 export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 	let completionProvider = new DefaultCompletionItemProvider();
-	let exlcludedLanguages = getExcludedModes();
+	let excludedLanguages = getExcludedModes();
 	Object.keys(LANGUAGE_MODES).forEach(language => {
-		if (exlcludedLanguages.indexOf(language) > -1) {
+		if (excludedLanguages.indexOf(language) > -1) {
 			return;
 		}
 		const provider = vscode.languages.registerCompletionItemProvider(language, completionProvider, ...LANGUAGE_MODES[language]);