diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/CDebugModel.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/CDebugModel.java
index e461b2a7eed..2ea8b85f68a 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/CDebugModel.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/core/CDebugModel.java
@@ -602,6 +602,6 @@ public class CDebugModel
 	private static IResource getFunctionResource( IFunction function )
 	{
 		ITranslationUnit tu = function.getTranslationUnit();
-		return ( tu != null ) ? tu.getResource() : null;
+		return ( tu != null ) ? tu.getResource() : function.getCProject().getProject();
 	}
 }