diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/refactor/tweaks/DefineInline.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/refactor/tweaks/DefineInline.cpp
index e28a2c46c374a6..698d2a406811a6 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/refactor/tweaks/DefineInline.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/refactor/tweaks/DefineInline.cpp
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ renameParameters(const FunctionDecl *Dest, const FunctionDecl *Source) {
 // specialization.
 const FunctionDecl *findTarget(const FunctionDecl *FD) {
   auto CanonDecl = FD->getCanonicalDecl();
-  if (!FD->isFunctionTemplateSpecialization())
+  if (!FD->isFunctionTemplateSpecialization() || CanonDecl == FD)
     return CanonDecl;
   // For specializations CanonicalDecl is the TemplatedDecl, which is not the
   // target we want to inline into. Instead we traverse previous decls to find
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/TweakTests.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/TweakTests.cpp
index 319d9e088c2d84..79196516005529 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/TweakTests.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/TweakTests.cpp
@@ -1093,6 +1093,11 @@ TEST_F(DefineInlineTest, TemplateSpec) {
     template<> void f^oo<int>() {
       bar();
     })cpp");
+  EXPECT_UNAVAILABLE(R"cpp(
+    namespace bar {
+      template <typename T> void f^oo() {}
+      template void foo<int>();
+    })cpp");
 }
 
 TEST_F(DefineInlineTest, CheckForCanonDecl) {