diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp
index 9b8db75c489..bb0920aee65 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp
@@ -2444,6 +2444,10 @@ static void semanticHighlighter(QFutureInterface<TextEditor::HighlightingResult>
             }
             if (it->kind().endsWith("Cast") && it->hasConstType())
                 return false;
+            if (it->kind() == "Member" && it->arcanaContains("(")
+                    && !it->arcanaContains("bound member function type")) {
+                return false;
+            }
         }
         return false;
     };
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/test/clangdtests.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/test/clangdtests.cpp
index d0e643c1d1a..cdd017a49b3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/test/clangdtests.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/test/clangdtests.cpp
@@ -1231,6 +1231,10 @@ void ClangdTestHighlighting::test_data()
         << QList<int>{C_PREPROCESSOR, C_DECLARATION} << 0;
     QTest::newRow("#ifdef'ed out code") << 800 << 1 << 800 << 17
         << QList<int>{C_DISABLED_CODE} << 0;
+    QTest::newRow("static function call (object)") << 819 << 5 << 819 << 6
+        << QList<int>{C_LOCAL} << 0;
+    QTest::newRow("static function call (argument)") << 819 << 18 << 819 << 19
+        << QList<int>{C_LOCAL, C_OUTPUT_ARGUMENT} << 0;
 }
 
 void ClangdTestHighlighting::test()
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/test/data/highlighting/highlighting.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/test/data/highlighting/highlighting.cpp
index 5aa295bdf27..d9b08689f12 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/test/data/highlighting/highlighting.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/test/data/highlighting/highlighting.cpp
@@ -811,3 +811,10 @@ std::vector<int
  >
   >
 vp3;
+
+void staticMemberFuncTest() {
+    struct S { static void staticFunc(int &); };
+    S s;
+    int i;
+    s.staticFunc(i);
+}