diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
index 8ca868ad75d03907eff91a5399ac5d0a4516c27b..3544cf3f2d33345e9bdc0435b4a6414f1a3e5bca 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
@@ -604,6 +604,13 @@ CPPEditor::Link CPPEditor::findLinkAt(const QTextCursor &cursor,
 
     QTextCursor tc = cursor;
 
+    // Make sure we're not at the start of a word
+    {
+        const QChar c = characterAt(tc.position());
+        if (c.isLetter() || c == QLatin1Char('_'))
+            tc.movePosition(QTextCursor::Right);
+    }
+
     static TokenUnderCursor tokenUnderCursor;
 
     QTextBlock block;