diff --git a/modules/tools/lookup/autoload/lookup.el b/modules/tools/lookup/autoload/lookup.el
index 6d529f183..797b564e1 100644
--- a/modules/tools/lookup/autoload/lookup.el
+++ b/modules/tools/lookup/autoload/lookup.el
@@ -188,12 +188,15 @@ This can be passed nil as its second argument to unset handlers for MODES. e.g.
                         (xref-find-backend)
                         identifier)))
     (when xrefs
-      (funcall (or show-fn #'xref--show-defs)
-               (lambda () xrefs)
-               nil)
-      (if (cdr xrefs)
-          'deferred
-        t))))
+      (let ((marker-ring (ring-copy xref--marker-ring)))
+        (funcall (or show-fn #'xref--show-defs)
+                 (lambda () xrefs)
+                 nil)
+        (if (cdr xrefs)
+            'deferred
+          ;; xref will modify its marker stack when it finds a result to jump to.
+          ;; Use that to determine success.
+          (not (equal xref--marker-ring marker-ring)))))))
 
 (defun +lookup-dictionary-definition-backend-fn (identifier)
   "Look up dictionary definition for IDENTIFIER."