diff --git a/clang/lib/Tooling/InterpolatingCompilationDatabase.cpp b/clang/lib/Tooling/InterpolatingCompilationDatabase.cpp
index 5124340892f3..8b1030f36078 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Tooling/InterpolatingCompilationDatabase.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Tooling/InterpolatingCompilationDatabase.cpp
@@ -205,10 +205,13 @@ struct TransferableCommand {
     bool TypeCertain;
     auto TargetType = guessType(Filename, &TypeCertain);
     // If the filename doesn't determine the language (.h), transfer with -x.
-    if (TargetType != types::TY_INVALID && !TypeCertain && Type) {
-      TargetType = types::onlyPrecompileType(TargetType) // header?
-                       ? types::lookupHeaderTypeForSourceType(*Type)
-                       : *Type;
+    if ((!TargetType || !TypeCertain) && Type) {
+      // Use *Type, or its header variant if the file is a header.
+      // Treat no/invalid extension as header (e.g. C++ standard library).
+      TargetType =
+          (!TargetType || types::onlyPrecompileType(TargetType)) // header?
+              ? types::lookupHeaderTypeForSourceType(*Type)
+              : *Type;
       if (ClangCLMode) {
         const StringRef Flag = toCLFlag(TargetType);
         if (!Flag.empty())
diff --git a/clang/unittests/Tooling/CompilationDatabaseTest.cpp b/clang/unittests/Tooling/CompilationDatabaseTest.cpp
index 4e27df71d87e..19b797a0a640 100644
--- a/clang/unittests/Tooling/CompilationDatabaseTest.cpp
+++ b/clang/unittests/Tooling/CompilationDatabaseTest.cpp
@@ -723,14 +723,17 @@ TEST_F(InterpolateTest, Language) {
   // .h is ambiguous, so we add explicit language flags
   EXPECT_EQ(getCommand("foo.h"),
             "clang -D dir/foo.cpp -x c++-header -std=c++17");
+  // Same thing if we have no extension. (again, we treat as header).
+  EXPECT_EQ(getCommand("foo"), "clang -D dir/foo.cpp -x c++-header -std=c++17");
+  // and invalid extensions.
+  EXPECT_EQ(getCommand("foo.cce"),
+            "clang -D dir/foo.cpp -x c++-header -std=c++17");
   // and don't add -x if the inferred language is correct.
   EXPECT_EQ(getCommand("foo.hpp"), "clang -D dir/foo.cpp -std=c++17");
   // respect -x if it's already there.
   EXPECT_EQ(getCommand("baz.h"), "clang -D dir/baz.cee -x c-header");
   // prefer a worse match with the right extension.
   EXPECT_EQ(getCommand("foo.c"), "clang -D dir/bar.c");
-  // make sure we don't crash on queries with invalid extensions.
-  EXPECT_EQ(getCommand("foo.cce"), "clang -D dir/foo.cpp");
   Entries.erase(path(StringRef("dir/bar.c")));
   // Now we transfer across languages, so drop -std too.
   EXPECT_EQ(getCommand("foo.c"), "clang -D dir/foo.cpp");