diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index bcf8a3ac68a..3356b91abd4 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -6018,7 +6018,9 @@ const Function* Scope::findFunction(const Token *tok, bool requireConst, Referen
         matches.erase(itPure);
 
     // Only one candidate left
-    if (matches.size() == 1)
+    if (matches.size() == 1 && std::none_of(functionList.begin(), functionList.end(), [tok](const Function& f) {
+        return startsWith(f.name(), tok->str() + " <");
+    }))
         return matches[0];
 
     // Prioritize matches in derived scopes
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index 7990f4ce7d9..b40f4c5d88e 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ class TestSymbolDatabase : public TestFixture {
         TEST_CASE(findFunction57);
         TEST_CASE(findFunction58); // #13310
         TEST_CASE(findFunction59);
+        TEST_CASE(findFunction60);
         TEST_CASE(findFunctionRef1);
         TEST_CASE(findFunctionRef2); // #13328
         TEST_CASE(findFunctionContainer);
@@ -8573,6 +8574,26 @@ class TestSymbolDatabase : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS(foo->function()->tokenDef->linenr(), 1);
     }
 
+    void findFunction60() { // #12910
+        GET_SYMBOL_DB("template <class T>\n"
+                      "void fun(T& t, bool x = false) {\n"
+                      "    t.push_back(0);\n"
+                      "}\n"
+                      "template <class T>\n"
+                      "void fun(bool x = false) {\n"
+                      "    T t;\n"
+                      "    fun(t, x);\n"
+                      "}\n"
+                      "int f() {\n"
+                      "    fun<std::vector<int>>(true);\n"
+                      "    std::vector<int> v;\n"
+                      "    fun(v);\n"
+                      "    return v.back();\n"
+                      "}\n");
+        const Token* fun = Token::findsimplematch(tokenizer.tokens(), "fun ( v");
+        ASSERT(fun && !fun->function());
+    }
+
     void findFunctionRef1() {
         GET_SYMBOL_DB("struct X {\n"
                       "    const std::vector<int> getInts() const & { return mInts; }\n"