diff --git a/internal/lsp/cache/snapshot.go b/internal/lsp/cache/snapshot.go
index 745c92a2a6..edcb5213e5 100644
--- a/internal/lsp/cache/snapshot.go
+++ b/internal/lsp/cache/snapshot.go
@@ -966,15 +966,25 @@ func (s *snapshot) activePackageHandles(ctx context.Context) ([]*packageHandle,
 
 func (s *snapshot) Symbols(ctx context.Context) (map[span.URI][]source.Symbol, error) {
 	result := make(map[span.URI][]source.Symbol)
+
+	// Keep going on errors, but log the first failure. Partial symbol results
+	// are better than no symbol results.
+	var firstErr error
 	for uri, f := range s.files {
 		sh := s.buildSymbolHandle(ctx, f)
 		v, err := sh.handle.Get(ctx, s.generation, s)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			if firstErr == nil {
+				firstErr = err
+			}
+			continue
 		}
 		data := v.(*symbolData)
 		result[uri] = data.symbols
 	}
+	if firstErr != nil {
+		event.Error(ctx, "getting snapshot symbols", firstErr)
+	}
 	return result, nil
 }