Textually search for 'return' before diving into the tree when looking for return statements.

src/compiler/utilities.ts

@@ -1218,10 +1218,20 @@ namespace ts {
     // Warning: This has the same semantics as the forEach family of functions,
     //          in that traversal terminates in the event that 'visitor' supplies a truthy value.
     export function forEachReturnStatement<T>(body: Block, visitor: (stmt: ReturnStatement) => T): T | undefined {
+        const sourceText = getSourceFileOfNode(body).text;
+        let currentPosition = sourceText.indexOf("return", body.pos);
 
         return traverse(body);
 
         function traverse(node: Node): T | undefined {
+            // Catch up to the current node.
+            while (0 <= currentPosition && currentPosition < node.pos) {
+                currentPosition = sourceText.indexOf("return", currentPosition + 1);
+            }
+            if (currentPosition < 0 || node.end <= currentPosition) {
+                // Nope, no candidates here.
+                return undefined;
+            }
             switch (node.kind) {
                 case SyntaxKind.ReturnStatement:
                     return visitor(<ReturnStatement>node);