1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/crates/ra_ide/src/references/rename.rs b/crates/ra_ide/src/references/rename.rs
index c1771edf8..b804d5f6d 100644
--- a/crates/ra_ide/src/references/rename.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_ide/src/references/rename.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use hir::ModuleSource;
 use ra_db::{RelativePath, RelativePathBuf, SourceDatabase, SourceDatabaseExt};
-use ra_syntax::{algo::find_node_at_offset, ast, AstNode, SyntaxNode};
+use ra_syntax::{algo::find_node_at_offset, ast, tokenize, AstNode, SyntaxKind, SyntaxNode};
 use ra_text_edit::TextEdit;
 
 use crate::{
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ pub(crate) fn rename(
     position: FilePosition,
     new_name: &str,
 ) -> Option<RangeInfo<SourceChange>> {
+    let tokens = tokenize(new_name);
+    if tokens.len() != 1
+        || (tokens[0].kind != SyntaxKind::IDENT && tokens[0].kind != SyntaxKind::UNDERSCORE)
+    {
+        return None;
+    }
+
     let parse = db.parse(position.file_id);
     if let Some((ast_name, ast_module)) =
         find_name_and_module_at_offset(parse.tree().syntax(), position)