diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/SemanticHighlightingTests.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/SemanticHighlightingTests.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/SemanticHighlightingTests.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/SemanticHighlightingTests.cpp
@@ -807,6 +807,19 @@
             $Function_deprecated[[Foo]]($Parameter[[x]]); 
             $Function_deprecated[[Foo]]($Parameter[[x]]); 
         }
+      )cpp",
+      // Template specialization
+      R"cpp(
+        struct $Class_decl[[Base]]{};
+        template <typename $TemplateParameter_decl[[T]]>
+        struct $Class_decl[[S]] : public $Class[[Base]] {};
+        template <> 
+        struct $Class_decl[[S]]<void> : public $Class[[Base]] {};
+
+        template <typename $TemplateParameter_decl[[T]]>
+        $TemplateParameter[[T]] $Variable_decl[[x]] = {};
+        template <>
+        int $Variable_decl[[x]]<int> = (int)sizeof($Class[[Base]]);
       )cpp"};
   for (const auto &TestCase : TestCases)
     // Mask off scope modifiers to keep the tests manageable.
diff --git a/clang/include/clang/AST/RecursiveASTVisitor.h b/clang/include/clang/AST/RecursiveASTVisitor.h
--- a/clang/include/clang/AST/RecursiveASTVisitor.h
+++ b/clang/include/clang/AST/RecursiveASTVisitor.h
@@ -2034,12 +2034,13 @@
     if (TypeSourceInfo *TSI = D->getTypeAsWritten())                           \
       TRY_TO(TraverseTypeLoc(TSI->getTypeLoc()));                              \
                                                                                \
-    TRY_TO(TraverseNestedNameSpecifierLoc(D->getQualifierLoc()));              \
     if (getDerived().shouldVisitTemplateInstantiations() ||                    \
         D->getTemplateSpecializationKind() == TSK_ExplicitSpecialization) {    \
       /* Traverse base definition for explicit specializations */              \
       TRY_TO(Traverse##DECLKIND##Helper(D));                                   \
     } else {                                                                   \
+      TRY_TO(TraverseNestedNameSpecifierLoc(D->getQualifierLoc()));            \
+                                                                               \
       /* Returning from here skips traversing the                              \
          declaration context of the *TemplateSpecializationDecl                \
          (embedded in the DEF_TRAVERSE_DECL() macro)                           \