diff --git a/Analysis/src/AstQuery.cpp b/Analysis/src/AstQuery.cpp
index cebb226a..928e5dfb 100644
--- a/Analysis/src/AstQuery.cpp
+++ b/Analysis/src/AstQuery.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 
 LUAU_FASTFLAG(DebugLuauDeferredConstraintResolution);
+LUAU_FASTFLAGVARIABLE(LuauFixBindingForGlobalPos, false);
 
 namespace Luau
 {
@@ -332,6 +333,11 @@ std::optional<TypeId> findExpectedTypeAtPosition(const Module& module, const Sou
 
 static std::optional<AstStatLocal*> findBindingLocalStatement(const SourceModule& source, const Binding& binding)
 {
+    // Bindings coming from global sources (e.g., definition files) have a zero position.
+    // They cannot be defined from a local statement
+    if (FFlag::LuauFixBindingForGlobalPos && binding.location == Location{{0, 0}, {0, 0}})
+        return std::nullopt;
+
     std::vector<AstNode*> nodes = findAstAncestryOfPosition(source, binding.location.begin);
     auto iter = std::find_if(nodes.rbegin(), nodes.rend(), [](AstNode* node) {
         return node->is<AstStatLocal>();
diff --git a/tests/AstQuery.test.cpp b/tests/AstQuery.test.cpp
index 769637a5..c53fe731 100644
--- a/tests/AstQuery.test.cpp
+++ b/tests/AstQuery.test.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include "doctest.h"
 #include "Fixture.h"
 
+LUAU_FASTFLAG(LuauFixBindingForGlobalPos);
+
 using namespace Luau;
 
 struct DocumentationSymbolFixture : BuiltinsFixture
@@ -331,4 +333,16 @@ TEST_CASE_FIXTURE(Fixture, "find_expr_ancestry")
     CHECK(ancestry.back()->is<AstExprFunction>());
 }
 
+TEST_CASE_FIXTURE(BuiltinsFixture, "find_binding_at_position_global_start_of_file")
+{
+    ScopedFastFlag sff{FFlag::LuauFixBindingForGlobalPos, true};
+    check("local x = string.char(1)");
+    const Position pos(0, 12);
+
+    std::optional<Binding> binding = findBindingAtPosition(*getMainModule(), *getMainSourceModule(), pos);
+
+    REQUIRE(binding);
+    CHECK_EQ(binding->location, Location{Position{0, 0}, Position{0, 0}});
+}
+
 TEST_SUITE_END();