diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/editor/browser/editorResolverService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/editor/browser/editorResolverService.ts
index 6731ee8717c10..18b9a9559e7af 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/editor/browser/editorResolverService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/editor/browser/editorResolverService.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ export class EditorResolverService extends Disposable implements IEditorResolver
 		}
 
 		let resource = EditorResourceAccessor.getCanonicalUri(untypedEditor, { supportSideBySide: SideBySideEditor.PRIMARY });
-		const options = untypedEditor.options;
 
 		// If it was resolved before we await for the extensions to activate and then proceed with resolution or else the backing extensions won't be registered
 		if (this.cache && resource && this.resourceMatchesCache(resource)) {
@@ -178,12 +177,6 @@ export class EditorResolverService extends Disposable implements IEditorResolver
 			return ResolvedStatus.NONE;
 		}
 
-		// If it's the currently active editor we shouldn't do anything
-		const activeEditor = group.activeEditor;
-		const isActive = activeEditor ? activeEditor.matches(untypedEditor) : false;
-		if (activeEditor && isActive) {
-			return { editor: activeEditor, options, group };
-		}
 		const input = await this.doResolveEditor(untypedEditor, group, selectedEditor);
 		if (conflictingDefault && input) {
 			// Show the conflicting default dialog
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/editor/test/browser/editorService.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/editor/test/browser/editorService.test.ts
index b1ed8b75d2b73..fb23ed1feeef8 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/editor/test/browser/editorService.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/editor/test/browser/editorService.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import * as assert from 'assert';
 import { EditorActivation, IResourceEditorInput } from 'vs/platform/editor/common/editor';
 import { URI } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 import { Event } from 'vs/base/common/event';
-import { DEFAULT_EDITOR_ASSOCIATION, EditorCloseContext, EditorsOrder, IEditorCloseEvent, EditorInputWithOptions, IEditorPane, IResourceDiffEditorInput, isEditorInputWithOptions, IUntitledTextResourceEditorInput, IUntypedEditorInput, SideBySideEditor } from 'vs/workbench/common/editor';
+import { DEFAULT_EDITOR_ASSOCIATION, EditorCloseContext, EditorsOrder, IEditorCloseEvent, EditorInputWithOptions, IEditorPane, IResourceDiffEditorInput, isEditorInputWithOptions, IUntitledTextResourceEditorInput, IUntypedEditorInput, SideBySideEditor, isEditorInput } from 'vs/workbench/common/editor';
 import { workbenchInstantiationService, TestServiceAccessor, registerTestEditor, TestFileEditorInput, ITestInstantiationService, registerTestResourceEditor, registerTestSideBySideEditor, createEditorPart, registerTestFileEditor, TestTextFileEditor, TestSingletonFileEditorInput } from 'vs/workbench/test/browser/workbenchTestServices';
 import { EditorService } from 'vs/workbench/services/editor/browser/editorService';
 import { IEditorGroup, IEditorGroupsService, GroupDirection, GroupsArrangement } from 'vs/workbench/services/editor/common/editorGroupsService';
@@ -602,8 +602,13 @@ suite('EditorService', () => {
 
 		async function openEditor(editor: EditorInputWithOptions | IUntypedEditorInput, group?: PreferredGroup): Promise<IEditorPane | undefined> {
 			if (useOpenEditors) {
+				// The type safety isn't super good here, so we assist with runtime checks
+				// Open editors expects untyped or editor input with options, you cannot pass a typed editor input
+				// without options
+				if (!isEditorInputWithOptions(editor) && isEditorInput(editor)) {
+					editor = { editor: editor, options: {} };
+				}
 				const panes = await service.openEditors([editor], group);
-
 				return panes[0];
 			}
 
@@ -651,7 +656,7 @@ suite('EditorService', () => {
 				assert.ok(typedEditor instanceof TestFileEditorInput);
 				assert.strictEqual(typedEditor?.resource?.toString(), untypedEditorReplacement.resource.toString());
 
-				assert.strictEqual(editorFactoryCalled, 2);
+				assert.strictEqual(editorFactoryCalled, 3);
 				assert.strictEqual(untitledEditorFactoryCalled, 0);
 				assert.strictEqual(diffEditorFactoryCalled, 0);
 
@@ -881,7 +886,6 @@ suite('EditorService', () => {
 				assert.strictEqual(untitledEditorFactoryCalled, 0);
 				assert.strictEqual(diffEditorFactoryCalled, 0);
 
-				assert.ok(!lastEditorFactoryEditor);
 				assert.ok(!lastUntitledEditorFactoryEditor);
 				assert.ok(!lastDiffEditorFactoryEditor);