diff --git a/packages/git/src/browser/git-quick-open-service.ts b/packages/git/src/browser/git-quick-open-service.ts
index fb35cd7d721db..df67d401f017c 100644
--- a/packages/git/src/browser/git-quick-open-service.ts
+++ b/packages/git/src/browser/git-quick-open-service.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ export class GitQuickOpenService {
         });
     }
 
-    private async buildDefaultProjectPath(folderPath: string, gitURI: string): Promise<string> {
+    private buildDefaultProjectPath = this.doBuildDefaultProjectPath.bind(this);
+    private async doBuildDefaultProjectPath(folderPath: string, gitURI: string): Promise<string> {
         if (!(await this.fileSystem.exists(folderPath))) {
             // user specifies its own project path, doesn't want us to guess it
             return folderPath;
@@ -590,7 +591,8 @@ export class GitQuickOpenService {
         return this.progressService.withProgress('', 'scm', fn);
     }
 
-    protected wrapWithProgress<In, Out>(fn: (...args: In[]) => Promise<Out>): (...args: In[]) => Promise<Out> {
+    protected readonly wrapWithProgress = <In, Out>(fn: (...args: In[]) => Promise<Out>) => this.doWrapWithProgress(fn);
+    protected doWrapWithProgress<In, Out>(fn: (...args: In[]) => Promise<Out>): (...args: In[]) => Promise<Out> {
         return (...args: In[]) => this.withProgress(() => fn(...args));
     }