diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/SemanticHighlighting.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/SemanticHighlighting.cpp
index e3022ad131ff2f..19f79f793420dc 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/SemanticHighlighting.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/SemanticHighlighting.cpp
@@ -519,10 +519,11 @@ class HighlightingsBuilder {
     Loc = getHighlightableSpellingToken(Loc, SourceMgr);
     if (Loc.isInvalid())
       return std::nullopt;
-
+    // We might have offsets in the main file that don't correspond to any
+    // spelled tokens.
     const auto *Tok = TB.spelledTokenAt(Loc);
-    assert(Tok);
-
+    if (!Tok)
+      return std::nullopt;
     return halfOpenToRange(SourceMgr,
                            Tok->range(SourceMgr).toCharRange(SourceMgr));
   }