diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppfindreferences.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppfindreferences.cpp
index 624eea525dc..acad5f3c208 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppfindreferences.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppfindreferences.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ static void find_helper(QFutureInterface<Usage> &future,
     const QString sourceFile = QString::fromUtf8(symbol->fileName(), symbol->fileNameLength());
     QStringList files(sourceFile);
 
-    if (symbol->isClass() || symbol->isForwardClassDeclaration() || (symbol->scope() && symbol->scope()->isNamespaceScope())) {
+    if (symbol->isClass() || symbol->isForwardClassDeclaration() || (symbol->scope() && ! symbol->isStatic() &&
+                                                                     symbol->scope()->isNamespaceScope())) {
         foreach (const Document::Ptr &doc, context.snapshot()) {
             if (doc->fileName() == sourceFile)
                 continue;