diff --git a/plugins/clang/util/clangutils.cpp b/plugins/clang/util/clangutils.cpp
index ebcdaadce1326f97458de5cdde8f020b222acad1..da10d6bc0ffeac66defc8de9ec2b6cbaea23c1e3 100644
--- a/plugins/clang/util/clangutils.cpp
+++ b/plugins/clang/util/clangutils.cpp
@@ -198,8 +198,16 @@ QVector<QString> ClangUtils::getDefaultArguments(CXCursor cursor, DefaultArgumen
         const QString result = info.stringParts.join(QString());
         if (mode == FixedSize) {
             arguments.replace(i, result);
-        } else if (!result.isEmpty()) {
-            arguments << result;
+        } else {
+            if (!result.isEmpty()) {
+                arguments << result;
+            } else if (!arguments.isEmpty()) {
+                // TODO: paramVisitor fails to report macros like INT_MAX or QStringLiteral as default values,
+                // only returns an empty string. To not have the order of default values
+                // not match the order of arguments, insert a placeholder for now
+                // See https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=369546
+                arguments << QStringLiteral("<KDEV TODO>");
+            }
         }
     }
     return arguments;