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
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 getWorkspaceSymbols(llvm::StringRef Query, int Limit,
                     const SymbolIndex *const Index, llvm::StringRef HintPath) {
   std::vector<SymbolInformation> Result;
-  if (Query.empty() || !Index)
+  if (!Index)
     return Result;
 
   // Lookup for qualified names are performed as:
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/FindSymbolsTests.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/FindSymbolsTests.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/FindSymbolsTests.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/FindSymbolsTests.cpp
@@ -216,7 +216,9 @@
                   AllOf(QName("foo"), WithKind(SymbolKind::Function)),
                   AllOf(QName("ns"), WithKind(SymbolKind::Namespace))));
   EXPECT_THAT(getSymbols(TU, ":"), IsEmpty());
-  EXPECT_THAT(getSymbols(TU, ""), IsEmpty());
+  EXPECT_THAT(getSymbols(TU, ""),
+              UnorderedElementsAre(QName("foo"), QName("Foo"), QName("Foo::a"),
+                                   QName("ns"), QName("ns::foo2")));
 }
 
 TEST(WorkspaceSymbols, Enums) {