diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Selection.h b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Selection.h
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Selection.h
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Selection.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
   const Node *commonAncestor() const;
   // The selection node corresponding to TranslationUnitDecl.
   const Node &root() const { return *Root; }
+  bool TochesSourceLoc(SourceLocation Pos, const SourceManager &SM);
 
 private:
   // Creates a selection tree for the given range in the main file.
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Selection.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Selection.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Selection.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Selection.cpp
@@ -1104,6 +1104,29 @@
   return Ancestor != Root ? Ancestor : nullptr;
 }
 
+// Check if source line at Pos touches any node in SelectionTree. In the
+// presence of compilation error, we will have only root nodes without the
+// nodes that coresponds to tokens from Pos. In these cases, clangd cannot
+// provide meaningful navigation and often jumps to the conataining scope
+// identifier such as napespace.
+bool SelectionTree::TochesSourceLoc(SourceLocation Pos,
+                                    const SourceManager &SM) {
+  const auto DecomposedPos = SM.getDecomposedSpellingLoc(Pos);
+  int Line = SM.getLineNumber(DecomposedPos.first, DecomposedPos.second);
+  for (const auto &Node : Nodes) {
+    const auto Begin =
+        SM.getDecomposedSpellingLoc(getSourceRange(Node.ASTNode).getBegin());
+    const auto End =
+        SM.getDecomposedSpellingLoc(getSourceRange(Node.ASTNode).getEnd());
+    int startLine = SM.getLineNumber(Begin.first, Begin.second);
+    int endLine = SM.getLineNumber(End.first, End.second);
+    if (startLine == Line || endLine == Line) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
 const DeclContext &SelectionTree::Node::getDeclContext() const {
   for (const Node *CurrentNode = this; CurrentNode != nullptr;
        CurrentNode = CurrentNode->Parent) {
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/XRefs.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/XRefs.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/XRefs.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/XRefs.cpp
@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@
   unsigned Offset = AST.getSourceManager().getDecomposedSpellingLoc(Pos).second;
   std::vector<std::pair<const NamedDecl *, DeclRelationSet>> Result;
   auto ResultFromTree = [&](SelectionTree ST) {
+    // If the SelectionTree does not have nodes from Pos, we will navigate to
+    // wrong locations. In these cases, it is better to return empty results
+    // rather than jumping to irrelevant location.
+    if (!ST.TochesSourceLoc(Pos, AST.getSourceManager())) {
+      return false;
+    }
     if (const SelectionTree::Node *N = ST.commonAncestor()) {
       if (NodeKind)
         *NodeKind = N->ASTNode.getNodeKind();