diff --git a/packages/language-server/src/plugins/typescript/features/RenameProvider.ts b/packages/language-server/src/plugins/typescript/features/RenameProvider.ts
index 2b0a6a3c8..f6ba55816 100644
--- a/packages/language-server/src/plugins/typescript/features/RenameProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/language-server/src/plugins/typescript/features/RenameProvider.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export class RenameProviderImpl implements RenameProvider {
         const docs = new Map<string, SnapshotFragment>([[tsDoc.filePath, fragment]]);
         let convertedRenameLocations: (ts.RenameLocation & {
             range: Range;
-        })[] = await this.mapRenameLocationsToParent(renameLocations, docs);
+        })[] = await this.mapAndFilterRenameLocations(renameLocations, docs);
         // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
         const additionalRenameForPropRenameInsideComponentWithProp = await this.getAdditionLocationsForRenameOfPropInsideComponentWithProp(
             document,
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export class RenameProviderImpl implements RenameProvider {
         if (
             !renameInfo.canRename ||
             renameInfo.kind === ts.ScriptElementKind.jsxAttribute ||
-            renameInfo.fullDisplayName?.includes("JSX.IntrinsicElements")
+            renameInfo.fullDisplayName?.includes('JSX.IntrinsicElements')
         ) {
             return null;
         }
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export class RenameProviderImpl implements RenameProvider {
                 rename.fileName !== updatePropLocation.fileName ||
                 this.isInSvelte2TsxPropLine(fragment, rename),
         );
-        return await this.mapRenameLocationsToParent(replacementsForProp, fragments);
+        return await this.mapAndFilterRenameLocations(replacementsForProp, fragments);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ export class RenameProviderImpl implements RenameProvider {
         const idx = (match.index || 0) + match[0].lastIndexOf(match[1]);
         const replacementsForProp =
             lang.findRenameLocations(updatePropLocation.fileName, idx, false, false) || [];
-        return await this.mapRenameLocationsToParent(replacementsForProp, fragments);
+        return await this.mapAndFilterRenameLocations(replacementsForProp, fragments);
     }
 
     // --------> svelte2tsx?
@@ -278,12 +278,13 @@ export class RenameProviderImpl implements RenameProvider {
      * The rename locations the ts language services hands back are relative to the
      * svelte2tsx generated code -> map it back to the original document positions.
      * Some of those positions could be unmapped (line=-1), these are handled elsewhere.
+     * Also filter out wrong renames.
      */
-    private async mapRenameLocationsToParent(
+    private async mapAndFilterRenameLocations(
         renameLocations: readonly ts.RenameLocation[],
         fragments: Map<string, SnapshotFragment>,
     ): Promise<(ts.RenameLocation & { range: Range })[]> {
-        return Promise.all(
+        const mappedLocations = await Promise.all(
             renameLocations.map(async (loc) => {
                 let doc = fragments.get(loc.fileName);
                 if (!doc) {
@@ -297,6 +298,27 @@ export class RenameProviderImpl implements RenameProvider {
                 };
             }),
         );
+        return this.filterWrongRenameLocations(mappedLocations);
+    }
+
+    private filterWrongRenameLocations(
+        mappedLocations: (ts.RenameLocation & { range: Range })[],
+    ): (ts.RenameLocation & { range: Range })[] {
+        return mappedLocations.filter((loc) => {
+            const snapshot = this.getSnapshot(loc.fileName);
+            if (!(snapshot instanceof SvelteDocumentSnapshot)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            const content = snapshot.getText(0, snapshot.getLength());
+            const svelteInstanceOfFn = '__sveltets_instanceOf(';
+            // When the user renames a Svelte component, ts will also want to rename
+            // `__sveltets_instanceOf(TheComponentToRename)`. Prevent that.
+            return (
+                content.lastIndexOf(svelteInstanceOfFn, loc.textSpan.start) !==
+                loc.textSpan.start - svelteInstanceOfFn.length
+            );
+        });
     }
 
     private mapRangeToOriginal(doc: SnapshotFragment, textSpan: ts.TextSpan): Range {
diff --git a/packages/language-server/test/plugins/typescript/features/RenameProvider.test.ts b/packages/language-server/test/plugins/typescript/features/RenameProvider.test.ts
index eb5751666..542fcf28c 100644
--- a/packages/language-server/test/plugins/typescript/features/RenameProvider.test.ts
+++ b/packages/language-server/test/plugins/typescript/features/RenameProvider.test.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ describe('RenameProvider', () => {
         const renameDoc1 = await openDoc('rename.svelte');
         const renameDoc2 = await openDoc('rename2.svelte');
         const renameDoc3 = await openDoc('rename3.svelte');
-        return { provider, renameDoc1, renameDoc2, renameDoc3, docManager };
+        const renameDoc4 = await openDoc('rename4.svelte');
+        return { provider, renameDoc1, renameDoc2, renameDoc3, renameDoc4, docManager };
 
         async function openDoc(filename: string) {
             const filePath = getFullPath(filename);
@@ -234,6 +235,57 @@ describe('RenameProvider', () => {
         });
     });
 
+    it('should do rename of svelte component', async () => {
+        const { provider, renameDoc4 } = await setup();
+        const result = await provider.rename(renameDoc4, Position.create(1, 12), 'ChildNew');
+
+        assert.deepStrictEqual(result, {
+            changes: {
+                [getUri('rename4.svelte')]: [
+                    {
+                        newText: 'ChildNew',
+                        range: {
+                            start: {
+                                line: 1,
+                                character: 11,
+                            },
+                            end: {
+                                line: 1,
+                                character: 16,
+                            },
+                        },
+                    },
+                    {
+                        newText: 'ChildNew',
+                        range: {
+                            start: {
+                                line: 7,
+                                character: 5,
+                            },
+                            end: {
+                                line: 7,
+                                character: 10,
+                            },
+                        },
+                    },
+                    {
+                        newText: 'ChildNew',
+                        range: {
+                            start: {
+                                line: 8,
+                                character: 5,
+                            },
+                            end: {
+                                line: 8,
+                                character: 10,
+                            },
+                        },
+                    },
+                ],
+            },
+        });
+    });
+
     it('should allow rename of variable', async () => {
         const { provider, renameDoc1 } = await setup();
         const result = await provider.prepareRename(renameDoc1, Position.create(1, 25));
diff --git a/packages/language-server/test/plugins/typescript/testfiles/rename4.svelte b/packages/language-server/test/plugins/typescript/testfiles/rename4.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe697c741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/language-server/test/plugins/typescript/testfiles/rename4.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<script>
+    import Child from './rename3.svelte';
+
+    let componentRef;
+</script>
+
+<main>
+    <Child bind:this={componentRef} />
+    <Child />
+</main>
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