diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d b/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
index cfa6d8d34394..b48500450839 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/expressionsem.d
@@ -4852,10 +4852,17 @@ private extern (C++) final class ExpressionSemanticVisitor : Visitor
                         return null;
                     if (f)
                     {
-                        /* Error if match in more than one overload set,
+                        /* Match in more than one overload set,
                          * even if one is a 'better' match than the other.
                          */
-                        ScopeDsymbol.multiplyDefined(loc, f, f2);
+                        if (f.isCsymbol() && f2.isCsymbol())
+                        {
+                            /* C has global name space, so just pick one, such as f.
+                             * If f and f2 are not compatible, that's how C rolls.
+                             */
+                        }
+                        else
+                            ScopeDsymbol.multiplyDefined(loc, f, f2); // issue error
                     }
                     else
                         f = f2;
diff --git a/compiler/test/runnable/imports/imp23402a.c b/compiler/test/runnable/imports/imp23402a.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..53c5fdf17996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/test/runnable/imports/imp23402a.c
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/compiler/test/runnable/imports/imp23402b.c b/compiler/test/runnable/imports/imp23402b.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..53c5fdf17996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/test/runnable/imports/imp23402b.c
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/compiler/test/runnable/test23402.d b/compiler/test/runnable/test23402.d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..22fd21a71708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/test/runnable/test23402.d
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23402
+
+import imports.imp23402a;
+import imports.imp23402b;
+
+int main()
+{
+    printf("hello world\n");
+    return 0;
+}