diff --git a/src/plugins/languageclient/clientrequesttask.cpp b/src/plugins/languageclient/clientrequesttask.cpp
index c5503bd6947..ed3ddaff2c5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/languageclient/clientrequesttask.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/languageclient/clientrequesttask.cpp
@@ -9,21 +9,21 @@ using namespace LanguageServerProtocol;
 
 namespace LanguageClient {
 
-ClientRequestTaskAdapter::ClientRequestTaskAdapter()
+WorkspaceSymbolRequestTaskAdapter::WorkspaceSymbolRequestTaskAdapter()
 {
     task()->setResponseCallback([this](const WorkspaceSymbolRequest::Response &response){
         emit done(response.result().has_value());
     });
 }
 
-void ClientRequestTaskAdapter::start()
+void WorkspaceSymbolRequestTaskAdapter::start()
 {
     task()->start();
 }
 
 bool WorkspaceSymbolRequestTask::preStartCheck()
 {
-    if (!ClientRequestTask::preStartCheck() || !client()->locatorsEnabled())
+    if (!ClientRequestTask::preStartCheck())
         return false;
 
     const std::optional<std::variant<bool, WorkDoneProgressOptions>> capability
diff --git a/src/plugins/languageclient/clientrequesttask.h b/src/plugins/languageclient/clientrequesttask.h
index c2de15e7007..dc14d5bf2ff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/languageclient/clientrequesttask.h
+++ b/src/plugins/languageclient/clientrequesttask.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public:
 
     void start()
     {
-        QTC_ASSERT(isRunning(), return);
+        QTC_ASSERT(!isRunning(), return);
         QTC_ASSERT(preStartCheck(), m_callback({}); return);
 
         Request request(m_params);
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ public:
     bool preStartCheck() override;
 };
 
-class LANGUAGECLIENT_EXPORT ClientRequestTaskAdapter
+class LANGUAGECLIENT_EXPORT WorkspaceSymbolRequestTaskAdapter
     : public Utils::Tasking::TaskAdapter<WorkspaceSymbolRequestTask>
 {
 public:
-    ClientRequestTaskAdapter();
+    WorkspaceSymbolRequestTaskAdapter();
     void start() final;
 };
 
 } // namespace LanguageClient
 
-QTC_DECLARE_CUSTOM_TASK(WorkspaceSymbolRequest, LanguageClient::WorkspaceSymbolRequestTask);
+QTC_DECLARE_CUSTOM_TASK(SymbolRequest, LanguageClient::WorkspaceSymbolRequestTaskAdapter);