diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangrefactoringengine.cpp b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangrefactoringengine.cpp
index 4f4dfb1a551..3ef8a56f759 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangrefactoringengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangrefactoringengine.cpp
@@ -119,5 +119,28 @@ void RefactoringEngine::findUsages(const CppTools::CursorInEditor &cursor,
     client->findUsages(cursor.textDocument(), cursor.cursor(), {});
 }
 
+void RefactoringEngine::globalFollowSymbol(
+        const CppTools::CursorInEditor &cursor,
+        Utils::ProcessLinkCallback &&callback,
+        const CPlusPlus::Snapshot &snapshot,
+        const CPlusPlus::Document::Ptr &doc,
+        CppTools::SymbolFinder *symbolFinder,
+        bool inNextSplit) const
+{
+    ProjectExplorer::Project * const project
+            = ProjectExplorer::SessionManager::projectForFile(cursor.filePath());
+    ClangdClient * const client = ClangModelManagerSupport::instance()->clientForProject(project);
+    if (!client || !client->isFullyIndexed()) {
+        CppTools::CppModelManager::builtinRefactoringEngine()
+                ->globalFollowSymbol(cursor, std::move(callback), snapshot, doc, symbolFinder,
+                                     inNextSplit);
+        return;
+    }
+    QTC_ASSERT(client->documentOpen(cursor.textDocument()),
+               client->openDocument(cursor.textDocument()));
+    client->symbolSupport().findLinkAt(cursor.textDocument(), cursor.cursor(), std::move(callback),
+                                       true);
+}
+
 } // namespace Internal
 } // namespace ClangCodeModel
diff --git a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangrefactoringengine.h b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangrefactoringengine.h
index 30729c86b96..c4e728b0229 100644
--- a/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangrefactoringengine.h
+++ b/src/plugins/clangcodemodel/clangrefactoringengine.h
@@ -48,14 +48,12 @@ public:
                       const QString &replacement) override;
     void findUsages(const CppTools::CursorInEditor &cursor,
                     CppTools::UsagesCallback &&callback) const override;
-    void globalFollowSymbol(const CppTools::CursorInEditor &,
-                            ::Utils::ProcessLinkCallback &&,
-                            const CPlusPlus::Snapshot &,
-                            const CPlusPlus::Document::Ptr &,
-                            CppTools::SymbolFinder *,
-                            bool) const override
-    {
-    }
+    void globalFollowSymbol(const CppTools::CursorInEditor &cursor,
+                            ::Utils::ProcessLinkCallback &&callback,
+                            const CPlusPlus::Snapshot &snapshot,
+                            const CPlusPlus::Document::Ptr &doc,
+                            CppTools::SymbolFinder *symbolFinder,
+                            bool inNextSplit) const override;
 
 private:
     using FutureCursorWatcher = QFutureWatcher<CppTools::CursorInfo>;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp
index 9f8854baeac..3c317ae0639 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorwidget.cpp
@@ -786,13 +786,14 @@ void CppEditorWidget::findLinkAt(const QTextCursor &cursor,
 
     const Utils::FilePath &filePath = textDocument()->filePath();
 
-    followSymbolInterface().findLink(CppTools::CursorInEditor{cursor, filePath, this},
-                                     std::move(processLinkCallback),
-                                     resolveTarget,
-                                     d->m_modelManager->snapshot(),
-                                     d->m_lastSemanticInfo.doc,
-                                     d->m_modelManager->symbolFinder(),
-                                     inNextSplit);
+    followSymbolInterface().findLink(
+                CppTools::CursorInEditor{cursor, filePath, this, textDocument()},
+                std::move(processLinkCallback),
+                resolveTarget,
+                d->m_modelManager->snapshot(),
+                d->m_lastSemanticInfo.doc,
+                d->m_modelManager->symbolFinder(),
+                inNextSplit);
 }
 
 unsigned CppEditorWidget::documentRevision() const
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp
index ea899371895..55c5098878e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ void CppModelManager::globalFollowSymbol(
         SymbolFinder *symbolFinder,
         bool inNextSplit) const
 {
-    RefactoringEngineInterface *engine = getRefactoringEngine(d->m_refactoringEngines);
+    RefactoringEngineInterface *engine = getRefactoringEngine(d->m_refactoringEngines, false);
     QTC_ASSERT(engine, return;);
     engine->globalFollowSymbol(data, std::move(processLinkCallback), snapshot, documentFromSemanticInfo,
                                symbolFinder, inNextSplit);