diff --git a/src/Razor/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language/src/DefaultRazorIntermediateNodeLoweringPhase.cs b/src/Razor/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language/src/DefaultRazorIntermediateNodeLoweringPhase.cs
index b92fea9890..395dc97d11 100644
--- a/src/Razor/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language/src/DefaultRazorIntermediateNodeLoweringPhase.cs
+++ b/src/Razor/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language/src/DefaultRazorIntermediateNodeLoweringPhase.cs
@@ -751,7 +751,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language
                 var context = node.GetSpanContext();
                 if (context != null && context.ChunkGenerator == SpanChunkGenerator.Null)
                 {
-                    base.VisitMarkupTextLiteral(node);
                     return;
                 }
 
@@ -763,11 +762,48 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language
                         token.Content.Length == 0)
                     {
                         // We don't want to create IR nodes for marker tokens.
-                        base.VisitMarkupTextLiteral(node);
                         return;
                     }
                 }
 
+                VisitHtmlContent(node);
+            }
+
+            public override void VisitMarkupStartTag(MarkupStartTagSyntax node)
+            {
+                if (node.IsMarkupTransition)
+                {
+                    // No need to visit <text> tags.
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                foreach (var child in node.Children)
+                {
+                    Visit(child);
+                }
+            }
+
+            public override void VisitMarkupEndTag(MarkupEndTagSyntax node)
+            {
+                if (node.IsMarkupTransition)
+                {
+                    // No need to visit </text> tags.
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                foreach (var child in node.Children)
+                {
+                    Visit(child);
+                }
+            }
+
+            private void VisitHtmlContent(SyntaxNode node)
+            {
+                if (node == null || (node is SyntaxToken token && token.IsMissing))
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 var source = BuildSourceSpanFromNode(node);
                 var currentChildren = _builder.Current.Children;
                 if (currentChildren.Count > 0 && currentChildren[currentChildren.Count - 1] is HtmlContentIntermediateNode)
@@ -777,7 +813,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language
                     if (existingHtmlContent.Source == null && source == null)
                     {
                         Combine(existingHtmlContent, node);
-                        base.VisitMarkupTextLiteral(node);
                         return;
                     }
 
@@ -787,7 +822,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language
                         existingHtmlContent.Source.Value.AbsoluteIndex + existingHtmlContent.Source.Value.Length == source.Value.AbsoluteIndex)
                     {
                         Combine(existingHtmlContent, node);
-                        base.VisitMarkupTextLiteral(node);
                         return;
                     }
                 }
@@ -806,24 +840,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language
                 });
 
                 _builder.Pop();
-
-                base.VisitMarkupTextLiteral(node);
-            }
-
-            public override void VisitMarkupStartTag(MarkupStartTagSyntax node)
-            {
-                foreach (var child in node.Children)
-                {
-                    Visit(child);
-                }
-            }
-
-            public override void VisitMarkupEndTag(MarkupEndTagSyntax node)
-            {
-                foreach (var child in node.Children)
-                {
-                    Visit(child);
-                }
             }
 
             public override void VisitMarkupTagHelperElement(MarkupTagHelperElementSyntax node)
@@ -1140,7 +1156,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language
                 // just process the attributes.
                 //
                 // Visit the attributes
-                foreach (var block in node.Children)
+                foreach (var block in node.Attributes)
                 {
                     if (block is MarkupAttributeBlockSyntax attribute)
                     {
diff --git a/src/Razor/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language/src/Syntax/SyntaxNodeExtensions.cs b/src/Razor/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language/src/Syntax/SyntaxNodeExtensions.cs
index 1b916ea75e..626eac6d29 100644
--- a/src/Razor/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language/src/Syntax/SyntaxNodeExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Razor/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language/src/Syntax/SyntaxNodeExtensions.cs
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language.Syntax
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(node));
             }
 
-            var tokens = node.DescendantNodes().Where(n => n.IsToken).Cast<SyntaxToken>();
+            var tokens = node.DescendantNodesAndSelf().Where(n => n.IsToken).Cast<SyntaxToken>();
             var content = string.Concat(tokens.Select(t => t.Content));
             return content;
         }