diff --git a/jedi/api/__init__.py b/jedi/api/__init__.py
index a8a7c288..a5b0b109 100644
--- a/jedi/api/__init__.py
+++ b/jedi/api/__init__.py
@@ -466,7 +466,11 @@ class Script(object):
                 # For not defined imports (goto doesn't find something, we take
                 # the name as a definition. This is enough, because every name
                 # points to it.
-                definitions = [user_stmt.name_for_position(self._pos)]
+                name = user_stmt.name_for_position(self._pos)
+                if name is None:
+                    # Must be syntax
+                    return []
+                definitions = [name]
 
             if not definitions:
                 # Without a definition for a name we cannot find references.
diff --git a/test/completion/usages.py b/test/completion/usages.py
index cc51326a..c5688f77 100644
--- a/test/completion/usages.py
+++ b/test/completion/usages.py
@@ -266,3 +266,10 @@ import _sre
 
 #< 0 (-3,7), (0,0), ('_sre', None, None)
 _sre
+
+# -----------------
+# on syntax
+# -----------------
+
+#< 0
+import undefined