diff --git a/crates/red_knot/src/lint.rs b/crates/red_knot/src/lint.rs
index 7ca29f5f2d9c5f..4441234d777016 100644
--- a/crates/red_knot/src/lint.rs
+++ b/crates/red_knot/src/lint.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use ruff_python_ast::{ModModule, StringLiteral};
 use crate::cache::KeyValueCache;
 use crate::db::{LintDb, LintJar, QueryResult};
 use crate::files::FileId;
-use crate::module::ModuleName;
+use crate::module::{resolve_module, ModuleName};
 use crate::parse::{parse, Parsed};
 use crate::source::{source_text, Source};
 use crate::symbols::{
@@ -144,9 +144,7 @@ fn lint_bad_overrides(context: &SemanticLintContext) -> QueryResult<()> {
     // TODO we should have a special marker on the real typing module (from typeshed) so if you
     // have your own "typing" module in your project, we don't consider it THE typing module (and
     // same for other stdlib modules that our lint rules care about)
-    let Some(typing_override) =
-        resolve_global_symbol(context.db.upcast(), ModuleName::new("typing"), "override")?
-    else {
+    let Some(typing_override) = context.resolve_global_symbol("typing", "override")? else {
         // TODO once we bundle typeshed, this should be unreachable!()
         return Ok(());
     };
@@ -234,6 +232,18 @@ impl<'a> SemanticLintContext<'a> {
     pub fn extend_diagnostics(&mut self, diagnostics: impl IntoIterator<Item = String>) {
         self.diagnostics.get_mut().extend(diagnostics);
     }
+
+    pub fn resolve_global_symbol(
+        &self,
+        module: &str,
+        symbol_name: &str,
+    ) -> QueryResult<Option<GlobalSymbolId>> {
+        let Some(module) = resolve_module(self.db.upcast(), ModuleName::new(module))? else {
+            return Ok(None);
+        };
+
+        resolve_global_symbol(self.db.upcast(), module, symbol_name)
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
diff --git a/crates/red_knot/src/symbols.rs b/crates/red_knot/src/symbols.rs
index 3b4db31469b88c..04a5ddccb4afaa 100644
--- a/crates/red_knot/src/symbols.rs
+++ b/crates/red_knot/src/symbols.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use crate::ast_ids::{NodeKey, TypedNodeKey};
 use crate::cache::KeyValueCache;
 use crate::db::{QueryResult, SemanticDb, SemanticJar};
 use crate::files::FileId;
-use crate::module::{resolve_module, ModuleName};
+use crate::module::{Module, ModuleName};
 use crate::parse::parse;
 use crate::Name;
 
@@ -35,13 +35,10 @@ pub fn symbol_table(db: &dyn SemanticDb, file_id: FileId) -> QueryResult<Arc<Sym
 #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip(db))]
 pub fn resolve_global_symbol(
     db: &dyn SemanticDb,
-    module: ModuleName,
+    module: Module,
     name: &str,
 ) -> QueryResult<Option<GlobalSymbolId>> {
-    let Some(typing_module) = resolve_module(db, module)? else {
-        return Ok(None);
-    };
-    let typing_file = typing_module.path(db)?.file();
+    let typing_file = module.path(db)?.file();
     let typing_table = symbol_table(db, typing_file)?;
     let Some(typing_override) = typing_table.root_symbol_id_by_name(name) else {
         return Ok(None);
diff --git a/crates/red_knot/src/types.rs b/crates/red_knot/src/types.rs
index f8b02014355557..f963adf734580c 100644
--- a/crates/red_knot/src/types.rs
+++ b/crates/red_knot/src/types.rs
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ impl ModuleTypeId {
     }
 
     fn get_member(self, db: &dyn SemanticDb, name: &Name) -> QueryResult<Option<Type>> {
-        if let Some(symbol_id) = resolve_global_symbol(db, self.name(db)?, name)? {
+        if let Some(symbol_id) = resolve_global_symbol(db, self.module, name)? {
             Ok(Some(infer_symbol_type(db, symbol_id)?))
         } else {
             Ok(None)
diff --git a/crates/red_knot/src/types/infer.rs b/crates/red_knot/src/types/infer.rs
index ff27f25c2dd094..bc586a29be378b 100644
--- a/crates/red_knot/src/types/infer.rs
+++ b/crates/red_knot/src/types/infer.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ pub fn infer_definition_type(
             // TODO relative imports
             assert!(matches!(level, 0));
             let module_name = ModuleName::new(module.as_ref().expect("TODO relative imports"));
-            if let Some(remote_symbol) = resolve_global_symbol(db, module_name, &name)? {
+            let Some(module) = resolve_module(db, module_name.clone())? else {
+                return Ok(Type::Unknown);
+            };
+
+            if let Some(remote_symbol) = resolve_global_symbol(db, module, &name)? {
                 infer_symbol_type(db, remote_symbol)
             } else {
                 Ok(Type::Unknown)