diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language/Legacy/CSharpCodeParser.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language/Legacy/CSharpCodeParser.cs
index a26b06d68a..6dca3d5b6d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language/Legacy/CSharpCodeParser.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language/Legacy/CSharpCodeParser.cs
@@ -1702,7 +1702,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language.Legacy
                             CurrentSymbol.Content.Length);
                     }
 
-                    Output(SpanKindInternal.Markup, AcceptedCharactersInternal.WhiteSpace);
+                    Output(SpanKindInternal.MetaCode, AcceptedCharactersInternal.WhiteSpace);
                     break;
                 case DirectiveKind.RazorBlock:
                     AcceptWhile(IsSpacingToken(includeNewLines: true, includeComments: true));
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language.Test/Legacy/CSharpDirectivesTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language.Test/Legacy/CSharpDirectivesTest.cs
index eb8fcb58fb..17255f92aa 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language.Test/Legacy/CSharpDirectivesTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language.Test/Legacy/CSharpDirectivesTest.cs
@@ -514,8 +514,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language.Legacy
                     Factory.Span(SpanKindInternal.Code, "       ", markup: false).Accepts(AcceptedCharactersInternal.WhiteSpace),
                     Factory.Span(SpanKindInternal.Code, "Some_Member", markup: false).AsDirectiveToken(descriptor.Tokens[1]),
 
-                    Factory.Span(SpanKindInternal.Markup, "    ", markup: false)
-                        .Accepts(AcceptedCharactersInternal.WhiteSpace)));
+                    Factory.MetaCode("    ").Accepts(AcceptedCharactersInternal.WhiteSpace)));
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -563,7 +562,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language.Legacy
                     Factory.MetaCode("custom").Accepts(AcceptedCharactersInternal.None),
                     Factory.Span(SpanKindInternal.Markup, " ", markup: false).Accepts(AcceptedCharactersInternal.WhiteSpace),
                     Factory.Span(SpanKindInternal.Code, "\"hello\"", markup: false).AsDirectiveToken(descriptor.Tokens[0]),
-                    Factory.Span(SpanKindInternal.Markup, " ;  ", markup: false).Accepts(AcceptedCharactersInternal.WhiteSpace)));
+                    Factory.MetaCode(" ;  ").Accepts(AcceptedCharactersInternal.WhiteSpace)));
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -591,7 +590,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Language.Legacy
                     Factory.Span(SpanKindInternal.Markup, " ", markup: false).Accepts(AcceptedCharactersInternal.WhiteSpace),
                     Factory.Span(SpanKindInternal.Code, "\"hello\"", markup: false).AsDirectiveToken(descriptor.Tokens[0]),
 
-                    Factory.Span(SpanKindInternal.Markup, " ", markup: false).Accepts(AcceptedCharactersInternal.WhiteSpace)),
+                    Factory.MetaCode(" ").Accepts(AcceptedCharactersInternal.WhiteSpace)),
                 expectedErorr);
         }