diff --git a/src/tools/rust-analyzer/crates/rust-analyzer/src/config.rs b/src/tools/rust-analyzer/crates/rust-analyzer/src/config.rs
index 1f44889883fc..619cf3d50115 100644
--- a/src/tools/rust-analyzer/crates/rust-analyzer/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/tools/rust-analyzer/crates/rust-analyzer/src/config.rs
@@ -923,7 +923,6 @@ impl Config {
             if !(json.is_null() || json.as_object().is_some_and(|it| it.is_empty())) {
                 let detached_files = get_field_json::<Vec<Utf8PathBuf>>(
                     &mut json,
-                    // Do not record errors here; it is not an error if a field is missing here.
                     &mut Vec::new(),
                     "detachedFiles",
                     None,
@@ -935,19 +934,20 @@ impl Config {
 
                 patch_old_style::patch_json_for_outdated_configs(&mut json);
 
-                let snips = get_field_json::<FxIndexMap<String, SnippetDef>>(
-                    &mut json,
-                    // Do not record errors here; it is not an error if a field is missing here.
-                    &mut Vec::new(),
-                    "completion_snippets_custom",
-                    None,
-                )
-                .unwrap_or(self.completion_snippets_custom().to_owned());
-
                 let mut json_errors = vec![];
+
+                let input = FullConfigInput::from_json(json, &mut json_errors);
+
                 // IMPORTANT : This holds as long as ` completion_snippets_custom` is declared `client`.
                 config.snippets.clear();
 
+                let snips = input
+                    .global
+                    .completion_snippets_custom
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .unwrap_or(&self.default_config.global.completion_snippets_custom);
+                #[allow(dead_code)]
+                let _ = Self::completion_snippets_custom;
                 for (name, def) in snips.iter() {
                     if def.prefix.is_empty() && def.postfix.is_empty() {
                         continue;
@@ -974,8 +974,9 @@ impl Config {
                         )),
                     }
                 }
+
                 config.client_config = (
-                    FullConfigInput::from_json(json, &mut json_errors),
+                    input,
                     ConfigErrors(
                         json_errors
                             .into_iter()