diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/CodeComplete.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/CodeComplete.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/CodeComplete.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/CodeComplete.cpp
@@ -318,11 +318,8 @@
     // Turn absolute path into a literal string that can be #included.
     auto Inserted = [&](llvm::StringRef Header)
         -> llvm::Expected<std::pair<std::string, bool>> {
-      auto DeclaringURI =
-          URI::parse(C.IndexResult->CanonicalDeclaration.FileURI);
-      if (!DeclaringURI)
-        return DeclaringURI.takeError();
-      auto ResolvedDeclaring = URI::resolve(*DeclaringURI, FileName);
+      auto ResolvedDeclaring =
+          URI::resolve(C.IndexResult->CanonicalDeclaration.FileURI, FileName);
       if (!ResolvedDeclaring)
         return ResolvedDeclaring.takeError();
       auto ResolvedInserted = toHeaderFile(Header, FileName);
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/FindSymbols.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/FindSymbols.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/FindSymbols.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/FindSymbols.cpp
@@ -43,18 +43,11 @@
                                           llvm::StringRef HintPath) {
   // Prefer the definition over e.g. a function declaration in a header
   auto &CD = Sym.Definition ? Sym.Definition : Sym.CanonicalDeclaration;
-  auto Uri = URI::parse(CD.FileURI);
-  if (!Uri) {
-    return llvm::make_error<llvm::StringError>(
-        formatv("Could not parse URI '{0}' for symbol '{1}'.", CD.FileURI,
-                Sym.Name),
-        llvm::inconvertibleErrorCode());
-  }
-  auto Path = URI::resolve(*Uri, HintPath);
+  auto Path = URI::resolve(CD.FileURI, HintPath);
   if (!Path) {
     return llvm::make_error<llvm::StringError>(
-        formatv("Could not resolve path for URI '{0}' for symbol '{1}'.",
-                Uri->toString(), Sym.Name),
+        formatv("Could not resolve path for URI '{0}' for symbol '{1}': {2}",
+                CD.FileURI, Sym.Name, llvm::toString(Path.takeError())),
         llvm::inconvertibleErrorCode());
   }
   Location L;
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/IncludeFixer.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/IncludeFixer.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/IncludeFixer.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/IncludeFixer.cpp
@@ -144,10 +144,8 @@
 std::vector<Fix> IncludeFixer::fixesForSymbols(const SymbolSlab &Syms) const {
   auto Inserted = [&](const Symbol &Sym, llvm::StringRef Header)
       -> llvm::Expected<std::pair<std::string, bool>> {
-    auto DeclaringURI = URI::parse(Sym.CanonicalDeclaration.FileURI);
-    if (!DeclaringURI)
-      return DeclaringURI.takeError();
-    auto ResolvedDeclaring = URI::resolve(*DeclaringURI, File);
+    auto ResolvedDeclaring =
+        URI::resolve(Sym.CanonicalDeclaration.FileURI, File);
     if (!ResolvedDeclaring)
       return ResolvedDeclaring.takeError();
     auto ResolvedInserted = toHeaderFile(Header, File);
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/URI.h b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/URI.h
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/URI.h
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/URI.h
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
   static llvm::Expected<std::string> resolve(const URI &U,
                                              llvm::StringRef HintPath = "");
 
+  /// Resolves the absolute path of a URI string.
+  static llvm::Expected<std::string> resolve(llvm::StringRef FileURI,
+                                             llvm::StringRef HintPath = "");
+
   /// Resolves \p AbsPath into a canonical path of its URI, by converting
   /// \p AbsPath to URI and resolving the URI to get th canonical path.
   /// This ensures that paths with the same URI are resolved into consistent
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/URI.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/URI.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/URI.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/URI.cpp
@@ -183,6 +183,17 @@
   return U;
 }
 
+llvm::Expected<std::string> URI::resolve(llvm::StringRef FileURI,
+                                         llvm::StringRef HintPath) {
+  auto Uri = URI::parse(FileURI);
+  if (!Uri)
+    return make_string_error(llvm::toString(Uri.takeError()));
+  auto Path = URI::resolve(*Uri, HintPath);
+  if (!Path)
+    return make_string_error(llvm::toString(Path.takeError()));
+  return *Path;
+}
+
 llvm::Expected<URI> URI::create(llvm::StringRef AbsolutePath,
                                 llvm::StringRef Scheme) {
   if (!llvm::sys::path::is_absolute(AbsolutePath))
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/index/Background.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/index/Background.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/index/Background.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/index/Background.cpp
@@ -69,13 +69,7 @@
   llvm::StringRef resolve(llvm::StringRef FileURI) {
     auto I = URIToPathCache.try_emplace(FileURI);
     if (I.second) {
-      auto U = URI::parse(FileURI);
-      if (!U) {
-        elog("Failed to parse URI {0}: {1}", FileURI, U.takeError());
-        assert(false && "Failed to parse URI");
-        return "";
-      }
-      auto Path = URI::resolve(*U, HintPath);
+      auto Path = URI::resolve(FileURI, HintPath);
       if (!Path) {
         elog("Failed to resolve URI {0}: {1}", FileURI, Path.takeError());
         assert(false && "Failed to resolve URI");
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/index/BackgroundIndexLoader.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/index/BackgroundIndexLoader.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/index/BackgroundIndexLoader.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/index/BackgroundIndexLoader.cpp
@@ -25,12 +25,11 @@
 namespace {
 
 llvm::Optional<Path> uriToAbsolutePath(llvm::StringRef URI, PathRef HintPath) {
-  auto U = URI::parse(URI);
-  if (!U)
-    return llvm::None;
-  auto AbsolutePath = URI::resolve(*U, HintPath);
-  if (!AbsolutePath)
+  auto AbsolutePath = URI::resolve(URI, HintPath);
+  if (!AbsolutePath) {
+    elog("Failed to resolve URI {0}:", URI, AbsolutePath.takeError());
     return llvm::None;
+  }
   return *AbsolutePath;
 }