diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Hover.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Hover.cpp
index d7a249c6bc21f..5184fcbe4b581 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Hover.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Hover.cpp
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ HoverInfo getHoverContents(const NamedDecl *D, const PrintingPolicy &PP,
     HI.Type = printType(TAT->getTemplatedDecl()->getUnderlyingType(), Ctx, PP);
 
   // Fill in value with evaluated initializer if possible.
-  if (const auto *Var = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(D)) {
+  if (const auto *Var = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(D); Var && !Var->isInvalidDecl()) {
     if (const Expr *Init = Var->getInit())
       HI.Value = printExprValue(Init, Ctx);
   } else if (const auto *ECD = dyn_cast<EnumConstantDecl>(D)) {
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/HoverTests.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/HoverTests.cpp
index 583310f29b63f..5338a680b787a 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/HoverTests.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/HoverTests.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 #include <functional>
+#include <optional>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -3722,6 +3723,34 @@ TEST(Hover, ForwardStructNoCrash) {
   EXPECT_EQ(*HI->Value, "&bar");
 }
 
+TEST(Hover, FunctionParameterDefaulValueNotEvaluatedOnInvalidDecls) {
+  struct {
+    const char *const Code;
+    const std::optional<std::string> HoverValue;
+  } Cases[] = {
+      {R"cpp(
+        // error-ok testing behavior on invalid decl
+        class Foo {};
+        void foo(Foo p^aram = nullptr);
+        )cpp",
+       std::nullopt},
+      {R"cpp(
+        class Foo {};
+        void foo(Foo *p^aram = nullptr);
+        )cpp",
+       "nullptr"},
+  };
+
+  for (const auto &C : Cases) {
+    Annotations T(C.Code);
+    TestTU TU = TestTU::withCode(T.code());
+    auto AST = TU.build();
+    auto HI = getHover(AST, T.point(), format::getLLVMStyle(), nullptr);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(HI);
+    ASSERT_EQ(HI->Value, C.HoverValue);
+  }
+}
+
 TEST(Hover, DisableShowAKA) {
   Annotations T(R"cpp(
     using m_int = int;