diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/shared/semanticTokensDto.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/shared/semanticTokensDto.ts
index a5f3738272d05..8c6795c97a9e4 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/shared/semanticTokensDto.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/shared/semanticTokensDto.ts
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ function fromLittleEndianBuffer(buff: VSBuffer): Uint32Array {
 		reverseEndianness(uint8Arr);
 	}
 	if (uint8Arr.byteOffset % 4 === 0) {
-		return new Uint32Array(uint8Arr.buffer, uint8Arr.byteOffset);
+		return new Uint32Array(uint8Arr.buffer, uint8Arr.byteOffset, uint8Arr.length / 4);
 	} else {
 		// unaligned memory access doesn't work on all platforms
 		const data = new Uint8Array(uint8Arr.byteLength);
 		data.set(uint8Arr);
-		return new Uint32Array(data.buffer, data.byteOffset);
+		return new Uint32Array(data.buffer, data.byteOffset, data.length / 4);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/test/common/api/semanticTokensDto.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/test/common/api/semanticTokensDto.test.ts
index 3f59943a43b3b..091bc24e2f3ed 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/test/common/api/semanticTokensDto.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/test/common/api/semanticTokensDto.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import { IFullSemanticTokensDto, IDeltaSemanticTokensDto, encodeSemanticTokensDto, ISemanticTokensDto, decodeSemanticTokensDto } from 'vs/workbench/api/common/shared/semanticTokensDto';
+import { VSBuffer } from 'vs/base/common/buffer';
 
 suite('SemanticTokensDto', () => {
 
@@ -107,4 +108,29 @@ suite('SemanticTokensDto', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
+	test('issue #94521: unusual backing array buffer', () => {
+		function wrapAndSliceUint8Arry(buff: Uint8Array, prefixLength: number, suffixLength: number): Uint8Array {
+			const wrapped = new Uint8Array(prefixLength + buff.byteLength + suffixLength);
+			wrapped.set(buff, prefixLength);
+			return wrapped.subarray(prefixLength, prefixLength + buff.byteLength);
+		}
+		function wrapAndSlice(buff: VSBuffer, prefixLength: number, suffixLength: number): VSBuffer {
+			return VSBuffer.wrap(wrapAndSliceUint8Arry(buff.buffer, prefixLength, suffixLength));
+		}
+		const dto: ISemanticTokensDto = {
+			id: 5,
+			type: 'full',
+			data: new Uint32Array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
+		};
+		const encoded = encodeSemanticTokensDto(dto);
+
+		// with misaligned prefix and misaligned suffix
+		assertEqualFull(<IFullSemanticTokensDto>decodeSemanticTokensDto(wrapAndSlice(encoded, 1, 1)), dto);
+		// with misaligned prefix and aligned suffix
+		assertEqualFull(<IFullSemanticTokensDto>decodeSemanticTokensDto(wrapAndSlice(encoded, 1, 4)), dto);
+		// with aligned prefix and misaligned suffix
+		assertEqualFull(<IFullSemanticTokensDto>decodeSemanticTokensDto(wrapAndSlice(encoded, 4, 1)), dto);
+		// with aligned prefix and aligned suffix
+		assertEqualFull(<IFullSemanticTokensDto>decodeSemanticTokensDto(wrapAndSlice(encoded, 4, 4)), dto);
+	});
 });