diff --git a/doom-modeline.el b/doom-modeline.el
index 03d5b9c..1997e43 100644
--- a/doom-modeline.el
+++ b/doom-modeline.el
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ It returns a file name which can be used directly as argument of
 (defvar mc/mode-line)
 (defvar minions-mode)
 (defvar minions-mode-line-lighter)
-(defvar symbol-overlay-mode)
+(defvar symbol-overlay-keywords-alist)
+(defvar symbol-overlay-temp-symbol)
 (defvar text-scale-mode-amount)
 (defvar winum-auto-setup-mode-line)
 (defvar xah-fly-insert-state-q)
@@ -1205,7 +1206,8 @@ Requires `anzu', also `evil-anzu' if using `evil-mode' for compatibility with
 
 (defsubst doom-modeline--symbol-overlay ()
   "Show the number of matches for symbol overlay."
-  (when (and (bound-and-true-p symbol-overlay-mode)
+  (when (and (and (bound-and-true-p symbol-overlay-keywords-alist)
+-             (not (bound-and-true-p symbol-overlay-temp-symbol))
              (not (bound-and-true-p iedit-mode)))
     (let* ((keyword (symbol-overlay-assoc
                      (ignore-errors (symbol-overlay-get-symbol))))