diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/InlayHints.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/InlayHints.cpp
index 9b3b2b1c53224..7be05fbc3b348 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/InlayHints.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/InlayHints.cpp
@@ -141,8 +141,10 @@ void collectDesignators(const InitListExpr *Sem,
       Fields.next();       // Always advance to the next subobject name.
       Prefix.resize(Size); // Erase any designator we appended.
     });
-    if (llvm::isa<ImplicitValueInitExpr>(Init))
-      continue; // a "hole" for a subobject that was not explicitly initialized
+    // Skip for a broken initializer or if it is a "hole" in a subobject that
+    // was not explicitly initialized.
+    if (!Init || llvm::isa<ImplicitValueInitExpr>(Init))
+      continue;
 
     const auto *BraceElidedSubobject = llvm::dyn_cast<InitListExpr>(Init);
     if (BraceElidedSubobject &&
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/InlayHintTests.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/InlayHintTests.cpp
index 87bb0cfc01f60..a429c08991879 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/InlayHintTests.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/InlayHintTests.cpp
@@ -1417,6 +1417,17 @@ TEST(DesignatorHints, OnlyAggregateInit) {
   )cpp" /*no designator hints expected (but param hints!)*/);
 }
 
+TEST(DesignatorHints, NoCrash) {
+  assertDesignatorHints(R"cpp(
+    /*error-ok*/
+    struct A {};
+    struct Foo {int a; int b;};
+    void test() {
+      Foo f{A(), $b[[1]]};
+    }
+  )cpp", ExpectedHint{".b=", "b"});
+}
+
 TEST(InlayHints, RestrictRange) {
   Annotations Code(R"cpp(
     auto a = false;