diff --git a/src/parser/hbs-parser.js b/src/parser/hbs-parser.js
index 00fb8f6..e0cf58e 100644
--- a/src/parser/hbs-parser.js
+++ b/src/parser/hbs-parser.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as eslintScope from 'eslint-scope';
 import { toTree, glimmerVisitorKeys, DocumentLines } from 'ember-estree';
+import { registerHBSScopes } from './transforms.js';
 
 // Constant: Program + all Glimmer node types. Computed once at module load.
 const hbsVisitorKeys = { Program: ['body'], ...glimmerVisitorKeys };
@@ -64,26 +65,27 @@ export function parseForESLint(code, options) {
     },
   };
 
-  // Build visitor keys: Program + all Glimmer node types
-  const visitorKeys = hbsVisitorKeys;
+  // Analyze a stub Program then rebind the resulting global scope to the real
+  // Program. Analyzing the real Program directly causes infinite recursion in
+  // esrecurse because Glimmer subtree nodes carry parent back-links.
+  const stubProgram = {
+    type: 'Program',
+    body: [],
+    range: [0, code.length],
+    loc: program.loc,
+  };
+  const scopeManager = eslintScope.analyze(stubProgram, { range: true });
+  const globalScope = scopeManager.acquire(stubProgram);
+  globalScope.block = program;
+  scopeManager.__nodeToScope.delete(stubProgram);
+  scopeManager.__nodeToScope.set(program, [globalScope]);
 
-  // Create an empty scope manager.
-  // For HBS, all locals are assumed to be defined at runtime,
-  // so we don't track variable references (no no-undef errors).
-  const scopeManager = eslintScope.analyze(
-    {
-      type: 'Program',
-      body: [],
-      range: [0, code.length],
-      loc: program.loc,
-    },
-    { range: true }
-  );
+  registerHBSScopes({ ast: program, scopeManager, visitorKeys: hbsVisitorKeys });
 
   return {
     ast: program,
     scopeManager,
-    visitorKeys,
+    visitorKeys: hbsVisitorKeys,
     services: {},
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/parser/transforms.js b/src/parser/transforms.js
index e9e0c60..35e6b38 100644
--- a/src/parser/transforms.js
+++ b/src/parser/transforms.js
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ function isUpperCase(char) {
 
 function registerBlockParams(node, path, scopeManager, isTypescript) {
   const blockParamNodes = node.blockParamNodes || [];
+  if (blockParamNodes.length === 0) return;
   const upperScope = findParentScope(scopeManager, path);
   const scope = isTypescript
     ? new TypescriptScope.BlockScope(scopeManager, upperScope, node)
@@ -240,6 +241,22 @@ export function registerGlimmerScopes(result) {
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Scope registration for the HBS parser. Unlike the gjs/gts path, we do not
+ * register references for free identifiers (`{{path}}`, `<Tag>`) — all
+ * template locals are treated as runtime-defined, so no-undef stays quiet.
+ * Only block params from `as |x|` constructs are declared.
+ */
+export function registerHBSScopes(result) {
+  traverse(result.visitorKeys, result.ast, (path) => {
+    const node = path.node;
+    if (!node) return;
+    if ('blockParams' in node && node.type.startsWith('Glimmer')) {
+      registerBlockParams(node, path, result.scopeManager, false);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
 // ── transformForLint (used by ts-patch.js) ────────────────────────────
 
 export const replaceRange = function replaceRange(s, start, end, substitute) {
diff --git a/tests/hbs-parser.test.js b/tests/hbs-parser.test.js
index a539314..68f9e24 100644
--- a/tests/hbs-parser.test.js
+++ b/tests/hbs-parser.test.js
@@ -118,6 +118,48 @@ describe('hbs-parser', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('block-param scope', () => {
+    function findBlockParamVar(scopeManager, name) {
+      for (const scope of scopeManager.scopes) {
+        if (scope.type !== 'block') continue;
+        const v = scope.set.get(name);
+        if (v) return { scope, variable: v };
+      }
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    it('registers block params from <Foo as |x|>', () => {
+      const r = parseForESLint('<Foo as |x|>{{x}}</Foo>', { filePath: 'bp.hbs' });
+      const found = findBlockParamVar(r.scopeManager, 'x');
+      expect(found).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(found.variable.defs).toHaveLength(2);
+      expect(found.variable.defs[0].type).toBe('Parameter');
+    });
+
+    it('registers block params from {{#let ... as |router|}}', () => {
+      const r = parseForESLint('{{#let foo as |router|}}{{router}}{{/let}}', {
+        filePath: 'let.hbs',
+      });
+      const found = findBlockParamVar(r.scopeManager, 'router');
+      expect(found).not.toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('registers multiple block params', () => {
+      const r = parseForESLint('<Foo as |a b c|>{{a}}{{b}}{{c}}</Foo>', {
+        filePath: 'multi.hbs',
+      });
+      expect(findBlockParamVar(r.scopeManager, 'a')).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(findBlockParamVar(r.scopeManager, 'b')).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(findBlockParamVar(r.scopeManager, 'c')).not.toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('does not create block scopes for elements without `as |...|`', () => {
+      const r = parseForESLint('<Foo>hi</Foo>', { filePath: 'noparams.hbs' });
+      const blockScopes = r.scopeManager.scopes.filter((s) => s.type === 'block');
+      expect(blockScopes).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('lint rules', () => {
     let linter;