diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clanghighlightingresultreporter.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clanghighlightingresultreporter.cpp
index 1d96fc7b2d7..ea378e45f17 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clanghighlightingresultreporter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clanghighlightingresultreporter.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "clanghighlightingresultreporter.h"
 
+#include <cpptools/semantichighlighter.h>
 #include <texteditor/textstyles.h>
 #include <utils/qtcassert.h>
 
@@ -143,9 +144,9 @@ TextEditor::HighlightingResult toHighlightingResult(
     TextEditor::HighlightingResult result(tokenInfo.line, tokenInfo.column, tokenInfo.length,
                                           textStyles);
     if (tokenInfo.types.mixinHighlightingTypes.contains(HighlightingType::AngleBracketOpen))
-        result.kind = 1;
+        result.kind = CppTools::SemanticHighlighter::AngleBracketOpen;
     else if (tokenInfo.types.mixinHighlightingTypes.contains(HighlightingType::AngleBracketClose))
-        result.kind = 2;
+        result.kind = CppTools::SemanticHighlighter::AngleBracketClose;
     return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/semantichighlighter.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/semantichighlighter.cpp
index 431bf1849cc..347a1d6e755 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/semantichighlighter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/semantichighlighter.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ void SemanticHighlighter::onHighlighterResultAvailable(int from, int to)
     QPair<QTextBlock, Parentheses> parentheses;
     for (int i = from; i < to; ++i) {
         const HighlightingResult &result = m_watcher->future().resultAt(i);
-        if (result.kind == 0)
+        if (result.kind != AngleBracketOpen && result.kind != AngleBracketClose)
             continue;
         if (parentheses.first.isValid() && result.line - 1 > parentheses.first.blockNumber()) {
             TextDocumentLayout::setParentheses(parentheses.first, parentheses.second);
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ void SemanticHighlighter::onHighlighterResultAvailable(int from, int to)
             parentheses.first = m_baseTextDocument->document()->findBlockByNumber(result.line - 1);
             parentheses.second = TextDocumentLayout::parentheses(parentheses.first);
         }
-        if (result.kind == 1)
+        if (result.kind == AngleBracketOpen)
             parentheses.second << Parenthesis(Parenthesis::Opened, '<', result.column - 1);
         else
             parentheses.second << Parenthesis(Parenthesis::Closed, '>', result.column - 1);
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/semantichighlighter.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/semantichighlighter.h
index 5b42982cb64..99f55d46c9a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/semantichighlighter.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/semantichighlighter.h
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ public:
         StringUse,
         FunctionDeclarationUse,
         VirtualFunctionDeclarationUse,
+        AngleBracketOpen,
+        AngleBracketClose,
     };
 
     using HighlightingRunner = std::function<QFuture<TextEditor::HighlightingResult> ()>;