diff --git a/src/services/findAllReferences.ts b/src/services/findAllReferences.ts
index 63cdaa6b1a..b917c426b7 100644
--- a/src/services/findAllReferences.ts
+++ b/src/services/findAllReferences.ts
@@ -476,6 +476,8 @@ namespace ts.FindAllReferences.Core {
          */
         readonly markSeenReExportRHS = nodeSeenTracker();
 
+        private readonly includedSourceFiles: Map<true>;
+
         constructor(
             readonly sourceFiles: ReadonlyArray<SourceFile>,
             /** True if we're searching for constructor references. */
@@ -484,7 +486,13 @@ namespace ts.FindAllReferences.Core {
             readonly cancellationToken: CancellationToken,
             readonly searchMeaning: SemanticMeaning,
             readonly options: Options,
-            private readonly result: Push<SymbolAndEntries>) {}
+            private readonly result: Push<SymbolAndEntries>) {
+            this.includedSourceFiles = arrayToSet(sourceFiles, s => s.fileName);
+        }
+
+        includesSourceFile(sourceFile: SourceFile): boolean {
+            return this.includedSourceFiles.has(sourceFile.fileName);
+        }
 
         private importTracker: ImportTracker | undefined;
         /** Gets every place to look for references of an exported symbols. See `ImportsResult` in `importTracker.ts` for more documentation. */
@@ -586,7 +594,10 @@ namespace ts.FindAllReferences.Core {
     // Go to the symbol we imported from and find references for it.
     function searchForImportedSymbol(symbol: Symbol, state: State): void {
         for (const declaration of symbol.declarations) {
-            getReferencesInSourceFile(declaration.getSourceFile(), state.createSearch(declaration, symbol, ImportExport.Import), state);
+            const exportingFile = declaration.getSourceFile();
+            if (state.includesSourceFile(exportingFile)) {
+                getReferencesInSourceFile(exportingFile, state.createSearch(declaration, symbol, ImportExport.Import), state);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/documentHighlights_filesToSearch.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/documentHighlights_filesToSearch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae889be528
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/documentHighlights_filesToSearch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/// <reference path="fourslash.ts" />
+
+// @Filename: /a.ts
+////export const [|x|] = 0;
+
+// @Filename: /b.ts
+////import { [|x|] } from "./a";
+
+const [r0, r1] = test.ranges();
+verify.documentHighlightsOf(r0, [r0], { filesToSearch: [r0.fileName] });
+verify.documentHighlightsOf(r1, [r1], { filesToSearch: [r1.fileName] });