diff --git a/crates/language/src/language_settings.rs b/crates/language/src/language_settings.rs
index d19be7bd02ec5a..8b54d81c3cc259 100644
--- a/crates/language/src/language_settings.rs
+++ b/crates/language/src/language_settings.rs
@@ -58,56 +58,48 @@ fn editorconfig_settings(
     file: Option<&Arc<dyn File>>,
     cx: &AppContext,
 ) -> Option<EditorConfigContent> {
-    let path = file.and_then(|f| f.as_local()).map(|f| f.abs_path(cx));
-
-    if path.is_none() {
-        return None;
-    }
-
-    let mut cfg = ec4rs::properties_of(path.unwrap()).unwrap_or_default();
-    cfg.use_fallbacks();
-    let max_line_length = cfg.get::<MaxLineLen>().ok().and_then(|v| match v {
-        MaxLineLen::Value(u) => Some(u as u32),
-        MaxLineLen::Off => None,
-    });
-    Some(EditorConfigContent {
-        tab_size: cfg
-            .get::<IndentSize>()
-            .map(|v| match v {
-                IndentSize::Value(u) => NonZeroU32::new(u as u32),
-                IndentSize::UseTabWidth => cfg
-                    .get::<TabWidth>()
-                    .map(|w| match w {
+    file.and_then(|f| f.as_local())
+        // If we don't hit an `editorconfig` file, we don't update configs. This
+        // avoids a performance hit of cloning settings. We could consider showing
+        // the error to the user though (it may be a parsing error).
+        .and_then(|local_file| ec4rs::properties_of(local_file.abs_path(cx)).ok())
+        .map(|mut cfg| {
+            cfg.use_fallbacks();
+            let max_line_length = cfg.get::<MaxLineLen>().ok().and_then(|v| match v {
+                MaxLineLen::Value(u) => Some(u as u32),
+                MaxLineLen::Off => None,
+            });
+            EditorConfigContent {
+                tab_size: cfg.get::<IndentSize>().ok().and_then(|v| match v {
+                    IndentSize::Value(u) => NonZeroU32::new(u as u32),
+                    IndentSize::UseTabWidth => cfg.get::<TabWidth>().ok().and_then(|w| match w {
                         TabWidth::Value(u) => NonZeroU32::new(u as u32),
+                    }),
+                }),
+                hard_tabs: cfg
+                    .get::<IndentStyle>()
+                    .map(|v| v.eq(&IndentStyle::Tabs))
+                    .ok(),
+                ensure_final_newline_on_save: cfg
+                    .get::<FinalNewline>()
+                    .map(|v| match v {
+                        FinalNewline::Value(b) => b,
                     })
-                    .ok()
-                    .flatten(),
-            })
-            .ok()
-            .flatten(),
-        hard_tabs: cfg
-            .get::<IndentStyle>()
-            .map(|v| v.eq(&IndentStyle::Tabs))
-            .ok(),
-        ensure_final_newline_on_save: cfg
-            .get::<FinalNewline>()
-            .map(|v| match v {
-                FinalNewline::Value(b) => b,
-            })
-            .ok(),
-        remove_trailing_whitespace_on_save: cfg
-            .get::<TrimTrailingWs>()
-            .map(|v| match v {
-                TrimTrailingWs::Value(b) => b,
-            })
-            .ok(),
-        preferred_line_length: max_line_length,
-        soft_wrap: if max_line_length.is_some() {
-            Some(SoftWrap::PreferredLineLength)
-        } else {
-            None
-        },
-    })
+                    .ok(),
+                remove_trailing_whitespace_on_save: cfg
+                    .get::<TrimTrailingWs>()
+                    .map(|v| match v {
+                        TrimTrailingWs::Value(b) => b,
+                    })
+                    .ok(),
+                preferred_line_length: max_line_length,
+                soft_wrap: if max_line_length.is_some() {
+                    Some(SoftWrap::PreferredLineLength)
+                } else {
+                    None
+                },
+            }
+        })
 }
 
 /// Returns the settings for all languages from the provided file.