diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdLSPServer.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdLSPServer.cpp
index 46edf5732dd9..cf964c14e306 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdLSPServer.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdLSPServer.cpp
@@ -261,6 +261,10 @@ void ClangdLSPServer::reply(llvm::json::Value ID,
 
 void ClangdLSPServer::onInitialize(const InitializeParams &Params,
                                    Callback<json::Value> Reply) {
+  if (Params.rootUri && *Params.rootUri)
+    ClangdServerOpts.WorkspaceRoot = Params.rootUri->file();
+  else if (Params.rootPath && !Params.rootPath->empty())
+    ClangdServerOpts.WorkspaceRoot = *Params.rootPath;
   if (Server)
     return Reply(make_error<LSPError>("server already initialized",
                                       ErrorCode::InvalidRequest));
@@ -277,11 +281,6 @@ void ClangdLSPServer::onInitialize(const InitializeParams &Params,
     applyConfiguration(Opts.ParamsChange);
   }
 
-  if (Params.rootUri && *Params.rootUri)
-    Server->setRootPath(Params.rootUri->file());
-  else if (Params.rootPath && !Params.rootPath->empty())
-    Server->setRootPath(*Params.rootPath);
-
   CCOpts.EnableSnippets = Params.capabilities.CompletionSnippets;
   DiagOpts.EmbedFixesInDiagnostics = Params.capabilities.DiagnosticFixes;
   DiagOpts.SendDiagnosticCategory = Params.capabilities.DiagnosticCategory;
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdServer.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdServer.cpp
index 577222c20b65..b0b1af1bbe48 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdServer.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdServer.cpp
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ ClangdServer::ClangdServer(const GlobalCompilationDatabase &CDB,
                      ? new FileIndex(Opts.URISchemes,
                                      Opts.HeavyweightDynamicSymbolIndex)
                      : nullptr),
+      WorkspaceRoot(Opts.WorkspaceRoot),
       PCHs(std::make_shared<PCHContainerOperations>()),
       // Pass a callback into `WorkScheduler` to extract symbols from a newly
       // parsed file and rebuild the file index synchronously each time an AST
@@ -131,18 +132,6 @@ ClangdServer::ClangdServer(const GlobalCompilationDatabase &CDB,
     Index = nullptr;
 }
 
-void ClangdServer::setRootPath(PathRef RootPath) {
-  auto FS = FSProvider.getFileSystem();
-  auto Status = FS->status(RootPath);
-  if (!Status)
-    elog("Failed to get status for RootPath {0}: {1}", RootPath,
-         Status.getError().message());
-  else if (Status->isDirectory())
-    this->RootPath = RootPath;
-  else
-    elog("The provided RootPath {0} is not a directory.", RootPath);
-}
-
 void ClangdServer::addDocument(PathRef File, StringRef Contents,
                                WantDiagnostics WantDiags) {
   DocVersion Version = ++InternalVersion[File];
@@ -495,7 +484,7 @@ void ClangdServer::onFileEvent(const DidChangeWatchedFilesParams &Params) {
 void ClangdServer::workspaceSymbols(
     StringRef Query, int Limit, Callback<std::vector<SymbolInformation>> CB) {
   CB(clangd::getWorkspaceSymbols(Query, Limit, Index,
-                                 RootPath ? *RootPath : ""));
+                                 WorkspaceRoot.getValueOr("")));
 }
 
 void ClangdServer::documentSymbols(
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdServer.h b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdServer.h
index 400e464a17bb..be508653daef 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdServer.h
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ClangdServer.h
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ public:
     /// If set, use this index to augment code completion results.
     SymbolIndex *StaticIndex = nullptr;
 
+    /// Clangd's workspace root. Relevant for "workspace" operations not bound
+    /// to a particular file.
+    /// FIXME: If not set, should use the current working directory.
+    llvm::Optional<std::string> WorkspaceRoot;
+
     /// The resource directory is used to find internal headers, overriding
     /// defaults and -resource-dir compiler flag).
     /// If None, ClangdServer calls CompilerInvocation::GetResourcePath() to
@@ -116,9 +121,6 @@ public:
                const FileSystemProvider &FSProvider,
                DiagnosticsConsumer &DiagConsumer, const Options &Opts);
 
-  /// Set the root path of the workspace.
-  void setRootPath(PathRef RootPath);
-
   /// Add a \p File to the list of tracked C++ files or update the contents if
   /// \p File is already tracked. Also schedules parsing of the AST for it on a
   /// separate thread. When the parsing is complete, DiagConsumer passed in
@@ -255,8 +257,7 @@ private:
       CachedCompletionFuzzyFindRequestByFile;
   mutable std::mutex CachedCompletionFuzzyFindRequestMutex;
 
-  // If set, this represents the workspace path.
-  llvm::Optional<std::string> RootPath;
+  llvm::Optional<std::string> WorkspaceRoot;
   std::shared_ptr<PCHContainerOperations> PCHs;
   /// Used to serialize diagnostic callbacks.
   /// FIXME(ibiryukov): get rid of an extra map and put all version counters
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/unittests/clangd/FindSymbolsTests.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/unittests/clangd/FindSymbolsTests.cpp
index 068660d77aee..744129d8a252 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/unittests/clangd/FindSymbolsTests.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/unittests/clangd/FindSymbolsTests.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ MATCHER_P(SymRange, Range, "") { return arg.location.range == Range; }
 
 ClangdServer::Options optsForTests() {
   auto ServerOpts = ClangdServer::optsForTest();
+  ServerOpts.WorkspaceRoot = testRoot();
   ServerOpts.BuildDynamicSymbolIndex = true;
   ServerOpts.URISchemes = {"unittest", "file"};
   return ServerOpts;
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ public:
       : Server(CDB, FSProvider, DiagConsumer, optsForTests()) {
     // Make sure the test root directory is created.
     FSProvider.Files[testPath("unused")] = "";
-    Server.setRootPath(testRoot());
   }
 
 protected: