diff --git a/crates/ide-completion/src/render.rs b/crates/ide-completion/src/render.rs
index f2312c64945e..1f1b0fe4342a 100644
--- a/crates/ide-completion/src/render.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-completion/src/render.rs
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ fn compute_ref_match(
         return None;
     }
     if let Some(expected_without_ref) = &expected_without_ref
-        && completion_without_ref.is_none()
+        && (completion_without_ref.is_none() || completion_ty == expected_without_ref)
         && completion_ty.autoderef(ctx.db).any(|ty| ty == *expected_without_ref)
     {
         cov_mark::hit!(suggest_ref);
@@ -2232,6 +2232,24 @@ fn main() {
                 fn main() fn() []
             "#]],
         );
+        check_relevance(
+            r#"
+struct S;
+fn foo(s: &&S) {}
+fn main() {
+    let mut ssss = &S;
+    foo($0);
+}
+            "#,
+            expect![[r#"
+                st S S []
+                lc ssss &S [local]
+                lc &ssss [type+local]
+                st S S []
+                fn foo(…) fn(&&S) []
+                fn main() fn() []
+            "#]],
+        );
     }
 
     #[test]