diff --git a/modules/lang/ess/config.el b/modules/lang/ess/config.el
index 3bdd2e5ed..8f1812199 100644
--- a/modules/lang/ess/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/ess/config.el
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
   (set-docsets! 'ess-r-mode "R")
   (when (featurep! +lsp)
-    (add-hook 'ess-r-mode-hook #'lsp!))
+    (add-hook 'ess-r-mode-local-vars-hook #'lsp!))
 
   (set-repl-handler! 'ess-r-mode #'+ess/open-r-repl)
   (set-repl-handler! 'ess-julia-mode #'+ess/open-julia-repl)