diff --git a/src/tools/clangbackend/source/tokeninfo.cpp b/src/tools/clangbackend/source/tokeninfo.cpp
index f5a3622662c..5ac579570ea 100644
--- a/src/tools/clangbackend/source/tokeninfo.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/clangbackend/source/tokeninfo.cpp
@@ -226,6 +226,28 @@ bool TokenInfo::isArgumentInCurrentOutputArgumentLocations() const
     return isOutputArgument;
 }
 
+// For reasons I don't fully understand, the cursors from clang_annotateTokens() are sometimes
+// not the actual cursor for the respective token, but the one for a construct higher up
+// in the syntax tree. This is often not what we want (e.g. QTCREATORBUG-21522, QTCREATORBUG-21534),
+// so in such cases we re-retrieve the cursor for the token via clang_getCursor().
+Cursor TokenInfo::realCursor(const Cursor &cursor) const
+{
+    // Magic Qt stuff.
+    if (cursor.kind() == CXCursor_InvalidFile)
+        return cursor;
+
+    const SourceLocation tokenLoc = m_token->location();
+    const SourceLocation cursorLoc = cursor.sourceLocation();
+    if (tokenLoc == cursorLoc)
+        return cursor;
+
+    // Note: clang_getTokenLocation() does not work.
+    const CXFile cxFile = clang_getFile(m_token->tu(), tokenLoc.filePath().toByteArray());
+    const CXSourceLocation cxLoc = clang_getLocation(m_token->tu(), cxFile, tokenLoc.line(),
+                                                     tokenLoc.column());
+    return clang_getCursor(m_token->tu(), cxLoc);
+}
+
 bool TokenInfo::isOutputArgument() const
 {
     if (m_currentOutputArgumentRanges->empty())
@@ -358,6 +380,14 @@ void TokenInfo::identifierKind(const Cursor &cursor, Recursion recursion)
     if (cursor.isInvalidDeclaration())
         return;
 
+    if (recursion == Recursion::FirstPass) {
+        const Cursor c = realCursor(cursor);
+        if (!clang_isInvalid(c.kind()) && c != cursor) {
+            identifierKind(c, Recursion::FirstPass);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
     const CXCursorKind kind = cursor.kind();
     switch (kind) {
         case CXCursor_Destructor:
@@ -452,18 +482,8 @@ void TokenInfo::identifierKind(const Cursor &cursor, Recursion recursion)
         case CXCursor_InvalidFile:
             invalidFileKind();
             break;
-        default: {
-            // QTCREATORBUG-21522
-            // Note: clang_getTokenLocation() does not work.
-            const SourceLocation loc = m_token->location();
-            const CXFile cxFile = clang_getFile(m_token->tu(), loc.filePath().toByteArray());
-            const CXSourceLocation cxLoc = clang_getLocation(m_token->tu(), cxFile, loc.line(),
-                                                             loc.column());
-            const CXCursor realCursor = clang_getCursor(m_token->tu(), cxLoc);
-            if (realCursor != cursor)
-                identifierKind(realCursor, Recursion::FirstPass);
+        default:
             break;
-        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tools/clangbackend/source/tokeninfo.h b/src/tools/clangbackend/source/tokeninfo.h
index 7e125ad5e62..bcb77bddeed 100644
--- a/src/tools/clangbackend/source/tokeninfo.h
+++ b/src/tools/clangbackend/source/tokeninfo.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ private:
     void collectOutputArguments(const Cursor &cursor);
     void filterOutPreviousOutputArguments();
     bool isArgumentInCurrentOutputArgumentLocations() const;
+    Cursor realCursor(const Cursor &cursor) const;
 
     std::vector<CXSourceRange> *m_currentOutputArgumentRanges = nullptr;
     uint m_line = 0;
diff --git a/tests/unit/unittest/data/highlightingmarks.cpp b/tests/unit/unittest/data/highlightingmarks.cpp
index a28210012b5..bc90444028e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unittest/data/highlightingmarks.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/unittest/data/highlightingmarks.cpp
@@ -745,3 +745,9 @@ void f4()
     ASSIGN(int i, thePointer);
     ASSIGN2(int i, thePointer);
 }
+
+const int MyConstant = 8;
+void f5()
+{
+    int arr[MyConstant][8];
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/unittest/tokenprocessor-test.cpp b/tests/unit/unittest/tokenprocessor-test.cpp
index a80d90eec43..b1956bbcfdd 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unittest/tokenprocessor-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/unittest/tokenprocessor-test.cpp
@@ -1776,6 +1776,13 @@ TEST_F(TokenProcessor, IndirectMacro)
     ASSERT_THAT(infos[5], IsHighlightingMark(746u, 20u, 10u, HighlightingType::LocalVariable));
 }
 
+TEST_F(TokenProcessor, MultiDimArray)
+{
+    const auto infos = translationUnit.tokenInfosInRange(sourceRange(752, 28));
+
+    ASSERT_THAT(infos[3], IsHighlightingMark(752u, 13u, 10u, HighlightingType::GlobalVariable));
+}
+
 Data *TokenProcessor::d;
 
 void TokenProcessor::SetUpTestCase()