diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp
index b76bc58b6cc..a8a1fbe5a90 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangdclient.cpp
@@ -2605,8 +2605,6 @@ static void semanticHighlighter(QFutureInterface<HighlightingResult> &future,
         const QList<AstNode> path = getAstPath(ast, range);
         if (path.size() < 2)
             return false;
-        if (path.last().hasConstType())
-            return false;
         for (auto it = path.rbegin() + 1; it != path.rend(); ++it) {
             if (it->kind() == "Call" || it->kind() == "CXXConstruct"
                     || it->kind() == "MemberInitializer") {
@@ -2636,7 +2634,7 @@ static void semanticHighlighter(QFutureInterface<HighlightingResult> &future,
 
             if (it->kind() == "Lambda")
                 return false;
-            if (it->kind().endsWith("Cast") && it->hasConstType())
+            if (it->hasConstType())
                 return false;
             if (it->kind() == "Member" && it->arcanaContains("(")
                     && !it->arcanaContains("bound member function type")) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/test/clangdtests.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/test/clangdtests.cpp
index 5d9f6e03589..5a23440eb1c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/test/clangdtests.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/test/clangdtests.cpp
@@ -1277,6 +1277,8 @@ void ClangdTestHighlighting::test_data()
                                       << QList<int>{C_STRING} << 0;
     QTest::newRow("user-defined operator call") << 860 << 7 << 860 << 8
                                       << QList<int>{C_LOCAL} << 0;
+    QTest::newRow("const member as function argument") << 868 << 32 << 868 << 43
+                                      << QList<int>{C_FIELD} << 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 2290abf3a73..46112c2f136 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/test/data/highlighting/highlighting.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/test/data/highlighting/highlighting.cpp
@@ -859,3 +859,13 @@ void useOperator()
     struct S { S& operator++(); } s;
     ++s;
 }
+
+static void takesFoo(const Foo &);
+void constMemberAsFunctionArg()
+{
+    struct S {
+        S(const Foo& f) : constMember(f) {}
+        void func() { takesFoo(constMember); }
+        const Foo &constMember;
+    };
+}