diff --git a/src/services/findAllReferences.ts b/src/services/findAllReferences.ts
index b1e6909f093..bc36ef06226 100644
--- a/src/services/findAllReferences.ts
+++ b/src/services/findAllReferences.ts
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ namespace ts.FindAllReferences.Core {
 
     /** Core find-all-references algorithm for a normal symbol. */
     function getReferencedSymbolsForSymbol(symbol: Symbol, node: Node, sourceFiles: ReadonlyArray<SourceFile>, checker: TypeChecker, cancellationToken: CancellationToken, options: Options): SymbolAndEntries[] {
-        symbol = skipPastExportOrImportSpecifierOrUnion(symbol, node, checker);
+        symbol = skipPastExportOrImportSpecifierOrUnion(symbol, node, checker) || symbol;
 
         // Compute the meaning from the location and the symbol it references
         const searchMeaning = getIntersectingMeaningFromDeclarations(getMeaningFromLocation(node), symbol.declarations);
diff --git a/tests/cases/fourslash/findAllRefsBadImport.ts b/tests/cases/fourslash/findAllRefsBadImport.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89a81d81f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/fourslash/findAllRefsBadImport.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/// <reference path='fourslash.ts'/>
+
+////import { [|ab|] as [|cd|] } from "doesNotExist";
+
+const [r0, r1]  = test.ranges();
+verify.referencesOf(r0, [r1]);
+verify.referencesOf(r1, [r1]);