diff --git a/tsc/internal/checker/checker.go b/tsc/internal/checker/checker.go
index 10ddb3c0c88b4..73250c46b97e4 100644
--- a/tsc/internal/checker/checker.go
+++ b/tsc/internal/checker/checker.go
@@ -15695,9 +15695,11 @@ func (c *Checker) resolveExternalModule(
 			}
 			return c.tryResolvePatternAmbientModule(c.getMergedSymbol(sourceFile.Symbol), moduleReference, importAttributesType)
 		}
-		patternAmbientModule := c.tryResolvePatternAmbientModule(nil /*resolvedSymbol*/, moduleReference, importAttributesType)
-		if patternAmbientModule != nil {
-			return patternAmbientModule
+		if !c.isEmptyObjectType(importAttributesType) {
+			patternAmbientModule := c.tryResolvePatternAmbientModule(nil /*resolvedSymbol*/, moduleReference, importAttributesType)
+			if patternAmbientModule != nil {
+				return patternAmbientModule
+			}
 		}
 		if errorNode != nil && moduleNotFoundError != nil && !isSideEffectImport(errorNode) {
 			c.error(errorNode, diagnostics.File_0_is_not_a_module, resolvedModule.ResolvedFileName)
diff --git a/tsc/testdata/baselines/reference/compiler/patternAmbientModuleResolvedEmptyModule.errors.txt b/tsc/testdata/baselines/reference/compiler/patternAmbientModuleResolvedEmptyModule.errors.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f5c57582a5fbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsc/testdata/baselines/reference/compiler/patternAmbientModuleResolvedEmptyModule.errors.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/src/main.ts(4,8): error TS1192: Module '"/src/script"' has no default export.
+/src/main.ts(5,7): error TS2322: Type 'typeof import("/stub")' is not assignable to type 'number'.
+/src/main.ts(6,7): error TS2322: Type 'typeof import("/stub")' is not assignable to type 'number'.
+/src/main.ts(7,7): error TS2322: Type 'typeof import("/generated/component.svelte")' is not assignable to type 'number'.
+
+
+==== /tsconfig.json (0 errors) ====
+    {
+        "compilerOptions": {
+            "paths": { "x.svelte": ["./stub.d.ts"] },
+            "rootDirs": ["./src", "./generated"]
+        },
+        "files": ["ambient.d.ts", "src/main.ts"]
+    }
+    
+==== /ambient.d.ts (0 errors) ====
+    declare module "*.svelte" {
+        const value: number;
+        export default value;
+    }
+    declare module "*.svelte" with { type: "text" } {
+        const value: string;
+        export default value;
+    }
+    declare module "*.js" {
+        const value: number;
+        export default value;
+    }
+    
+==== /src/main.ts (4 errors) ====
+    import fromPaths from "x.svelte";
+    import emptyAttributes from "x.svelte" with {};
+    import fromRootDirs from "./component.svelte";
+    import fromRelative from "./script.js";
+           ~~~~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS1192: Module '"/src/script"' has no default export.
+    const fromPathsValue: number = fromPaths;
+          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS2322: Type 'typeof import("/stub")' is not assignable to type 'number'.
+    const emptyAttributesValue: number = emptyAttributes;
+          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS2322: Type 'typeof import("/stub")' is not assignable to type 'number'.
+    const fromRootDirsValue: number = fromRootDirs;
+          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS2322: Type 'typeof import("/generated/component.svelte")' is not assignable to type 'number'.
+    
+    import text from "x.svelte" with { type: "text" };
+    const textValue: string = text;
+    
+    import missing from "./missing.svelte";
+    const missingValue: number = missing;
+    
+==== /stub.d.ts (0 errors) ====
+    export {};
+    
+==== /generated/component.svelte.d.ts (0 errors) ====
+    export {};
+    
+==== /src/script.ts (0 errors) ====
+    export {};
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tsc/testdata/baselines/reference/compiler/patternAmbientModuleResolvedScript.errors.txt b/tsc/testdata/baselines/reference/compiler/patternAmbientModuleResolvedScript.errors.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4720210c86ed8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsc/testdata/baselines/reference/compiler/patternAmbientModuleResolvedScript.errors.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/src/main.ts(1,23): error TS2306: File '/stub.d.ts' is not a module.
+/src/main.ts(2,29): error TS2306: File '/stub.d.ts' is not a module.
+/src/main.ts(3,26): error TS2306: File '/generated/component.svelte.d.ts' is not a module.
+/src/main.ts(4,26): error TS2306: File '/src/script.ts' is not a module.
+
+
+==== /tsconfig.json (0 errors) ====
+    {
+        "compilerOptions": {
+            "paths": { "x.svelte": ["./stub.d.ts"] },
+            "rootDirs": ["./src", "./generated"]
+        },
+        "files": ["ambient.d.ts", "src/main.ts"]
+    }
+    
+==== /ambient.d.ts (0 errors) ====
+    declare module "*.svelte" {
+        const value: number;
+        export default value;
+    }
+    declare module "*.svelte" with { type: "text" } {
+        const value: string;
+        export default value;
+    }
+    declare module "*.js" {
+        const value: number;
+        export default value;
+    }
+    
+==== /src/main.ts (4 errors) ====
+    import fromPaths from "x.svelte";
+                          ~~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS2306: File '/stub.d.ts' is not a module.
+    import emptyAttributes from "x.svelte" with {};
+                                ~~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS2306: File '/stub.d.ts' is not a module.
+    import fromRootDirs from "./component.svelte";
+                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS2306: File '/generated/component.svelte.d.ts' is not a module.
+    import fromRelative from "./script.js";
+                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS2306: File '/src/script.ts' is not a module.
+    const fromPathsValue: string = fromPaths;
+    
+    import text from "x.svelte" with { type: "text" };
+    const textValue: string = text;
+    
+    import missing from "./missing.svelte";
+    const missingValue: number = missing;
+    
+==== /stub.d.ts (0 errors) ====
+    // A resolved script must not fall back to a pattern ambient module without attributes.
+    
+==== /generated/component.svelte.d.ts (0 errors) ====
+    // A script resolved through rootDirs.
+    
+==== /src/script.ts (0 errors) ====
+    // A script resolved through a relative import.
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tsc/testdata/baselines/reference/compiler/patternAmbientModuleResolvedScriptWithoutPaths.errors.txt b/tsc/testdata/baselines/reference/compiler/patternAmbientModuleResolvedScriptWithoutPaths.errors.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8e40142d4812e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsc/testdata/baselines/reference/compiler/patternAmbientModuleResolvedScriptWithoutPaths.errors.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/src/main.ts(3,26): error TS2306: File '/generated/component.svelte.d.ts' is not a module.
+/src/main.ts(4,26): error TS2306: File '/src/script.ts' is not a module.
+/src/main.ts(5,7): error TS2322: Type 'number' is not assignable to type 'string'.
+
+
+==== /tsconfig.json (0 errors) ====
+    {
+        "compilerOptions": {
+            "rootDirs": ["./src", "./generated"]
+        },
+        "files": ["ambient.d.ts", "src/main.ts"]
+    }
+    
+==== /ambient.d.ts (0 errors) ====
+    declare module "*.svelte" {
+        const value: number;
+        export default value;
+    }
+    declare module "*.svelte" with { type: "text" } {
+        const value: string;
+        export default value;
+    }
+    declare module "*.js" {
+        const value: number;
+        export default value;
+    }
+    
+==== /src/main.ts (3 errors) ====
+    import fromPaths from "x.svelte";
+    import emptyAttributes from "x.svelte" with {};
+    import fromRootDirs from "./component.svelte";
+                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS2306: File '/generated/component.svelte.d.ts' is not a module.
+    import fromRelative from "./script.js";
+                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS2306: File '/src/script.ts' is not a module.
+    const fromPathsValue: string = fromPaths;
+          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS2322: Type 'number' is not assignable to type 'string'.
+    
+    import text from "x.svelte" with { type: "text" };
+    const textValue: string = text;
+    
+    import missing from "./missing.svelte";
+    const missingValue: number = missing;
+    
+==== /stub.d.ts (0 errors) ====
+    // This file is not resolved without a paths mapping.
+    
+==== /generated/component.svelte.d.ts (0 errors) ====
+    // A script resolved through rootDirs.
+    
+==== /src/script.ts (0 errors) ====
+    // A script resolved through a relative import.
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tsc/testdata/tests/cases/compiler/patternAmbientModuleResolvedEmptyModule.ts b/tsc/testdata/tests/cases/compiler/patternAmbientModuleResolvedEmptyModule.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b7c9cbc02c495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsc/testdata/tests/cases/compiler/patternAmbientModuleResolvedEmptyModule.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// @strict: true
+// @module: esnext
+// @moduleResolution: bundler
+// @noEmit: true
+// @noTypesAndSymbols: true
+
+// @filename: /tsconfig.json
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "paths": { "x.svelte": ["./stub.d.ts"] },
+        "rootDirs": ["./src", "./generated"]
+    },
+    "files": ["ambient.d.ts", "src/main.ts"]
+}
+
+// @filename: /ambient.d.ts
+declare module "*.svelte" {
+    const value: number;
+    export default value;
+}
+declare module "*.svelte" with { type: "text" } {
+    const value: string;
+    export default value;
+}
+declare module "*.js" {
+    const value: number;
+    export default value;
+}
+
+// @filename: /stub.d.ts
+export {};
+
+// @filename: /generated/component.svelte.d.ts
+export {};
+
+// @filename: /src/script.ts
+export {};
+
+// @filename: /src/main.ts
+import fromPaths from "x.svelte";
+import emptyAttributes from "x.svelte" with {};
+import fromRootDirs from "./component.svelte";
+import fromRelative from "./script.js";
+const fromPathsValue: number = fromPaths;
+const emptyAttributesValue: number = emptyAttributes;
+const fromRootDirsValue: number = fromRootDirs;
+
+import text from "x.svelte" with { type: "text" };
+const textValue: string = text;
+
+import missing from "./missing.svelte";
+const missingValue: number = missing;
diff --git a/tsc/testdata/tests/cases/compiler/patternAmbientModuleResolvedScript.ts b/tsc/testdata/tests/cases/compiler/patternAmbientModuleResolvedScript.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..782e943c07625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsc/testdata/tests/cases/compiler/patternAmbientModuleResolvedScript.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// @strict: true
+// @module: esnext
+// @moduleResolution: bundler
+// @noEmit: true
+// @noTypesAndSymbols: true
+
+// @filename: /tsconfig.json
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "paths": { "x.svelte": ["./stub.d.ts"] },
+        "rootDirs": ["./src", "./generated"]
+    },
+    "files": ["ambient.d.ts", "src/main.ts"]
+}
+
+// @filename: /ambient.d.ts
+declare module "*.svelte" {
+    const value: number;
+    export default value;
+}
+declare module "*.svelte" with { type: "text" } {
+    const value: string;
+    export default value;
+}
+declare module "*.js" {
+    const value: number;
+    export default value;
+}
+
+// @filename: /stub.d.ts
+// A resolved script must not fall back to a pattern ambient module without attributes.
+
+// @filename: /generated/component.svelte.d.ts
+// A script resolved through rootDirs.
+
+// @filename: /src/script.ts
+// A script resolved through a relative import.
+
+// @filename: /src/main.ts
+import fromPaths from "x.svelte";
+import emptyAttributes from "x.svelte" with {};
+import fromRootDirs from "./component.svelte";
+import fromRelative from "./script.js";
+const fromPathsValue: string = fromPaths;
+
+import text from "x.svelte" with { type: "text" };
+const textValue: string = text;
+
+import missing from "./missing.svelte";
+const missingValue: number = missing;
diff --git a/tsc/testdata/tests/cases/compiler/patternAmbientModuleResolvedScriptWithoutPaths.ts b/tsc/testdata/tests/cases/compiler/patternAmbientModuleResolvedScriptWithoutPaths.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..232d40cd9f3e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsc/testdata/tests/cases/compiler/patternAmbientModuleResolvedScriptWithoutPaths.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// @strict: true
+// @module: esnext
+// @moduleResolution: bundler
+// @noEmit: true
+// @noTypesAndSymbols: true
+
+// @filename: /tsconfig.json
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "rootDirs": ["./src", "./generated"]
+    },
+    "files": ["ambient.d.ts", "src/main.ts"]
+}
+
+// @filename: /ambient.d.ts
+declare module "*.svelte" {
+    const value: number;
+    export default value;
+}
+declare module "*.svelte" with { type: "text" } {
+    const value: string;
+    export default value;
+}
+declare module "*.js" {
+    const value: number;
+    export default value;
+}
+
+// @filename: /stub.d.ts
+// This file is not resolved without a paths mapping.
+
+// @filename: /generated/component.svelte.d.ts
+// A script resolved through rootDirs.
+
+// @filename: /src/script.ts
+// A script resolved through a relative import.
+
+// @filename: /src/main.ts
+import fromPaths from "x.svelte";
+import emptyAttributes from "x.svelte" with {};
+import fromRootDirs from "./component.svelte";
+import fromRelative from "./script.js";
+const fromPathsValue: string = fromPaths;
+
+import text from "x.svelte" with { type: "text" };
+const textValue: string = text;
+
+import missing from "./missing.svelte";
+const missingValue: number = missing;