diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/dom/ASTConverter18Test.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/dom/ASTConverter18Test.java
index 1e0761ff521..abf805f2d90 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/dom/ASTConverter18Test.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/dom/ASTConverter18Test.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.ICompilationUnit;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IJavaElement;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IJavaProject;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.ILocalVariable;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IMethod;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IType;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaCore;
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Modifier;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Name;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.NameQualifiedType;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.NodeFinder;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ParameterizedType;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.PrimitiveType;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.QualifiedName;
@@ -5463,4 +5465,22 @@ public void testCaptureBinding18() throws CoreException {
 	assertEquals("bound's type argument is the original type argument", binding, bound.getTypeArguments()[0]);
 }
 
+public void testLambdaParameterSourcePosition() throws JavaModelException {
+	String contents = """
+		class X {
+			I lambda = (x, y) -> {};
+		}
+		interface I {
+			public void apply(Integer k, Integer l);
+		}
+		""";
+	this.workingCopy = getWorkingCopy("/Converter11/src/X.java", true/*resolve*/);
+	ASTNode node = buildAST(contents, this.workingCopy);
+	Name name = (Name)NodeFinder.perform(node, contents.indexOf('y'), 0);
+	IVariableBinding variableBinding = (IVariableBinding)name.resolveBinding();
+	ILocalVariable variableElement = (ILocalVariable)variableBinding.getJavaElement();
+	assertEquals(26, variableElement.getSourceRange().getOffset());
+	assertEquals(1, variableElement.getSourceRange().getLength());
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.core/dom/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/VariableBinding.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.core/dom/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/VariableBinding.java
index 769343567f5..36da0d44da2 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.core/dom/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/VariableBinding.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.core/dom/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/VariableBinding.java
@@ -237,20 +237,17 @@ private JavaElement getUnresolvedJavaElement() {
 		SimpleName localName = localVar.getName();
 		int nameStart = localName.getStartPosition();
 		int nameLength = localName.getLength();
-		int sourceStart;
-		int sourceLength;
+		int sourceStart = localVar.getStartPosition();
+		int sourceLength = localVar.getLength();
 		int modifiers = 0;
-		if (localVar instanceof SingleVariableDeclaration) {
-			sourceStart = localVar.getStartPosition();
-			sourceLength = localVar.getLength();
-			final SingleVariableDeclaration singleVariableDeclaration = (SingleVariableDeclaration) localVar;
+		if (localVar instanceof SingleVariableDeclaration singleVariableDeclaration) {
 			modifiers = singleVariableDeclaration.getModifiers();
-		} else {
-			ASTNode node = localVar.getParent();
-			sourceStart = node.getStartPosition();
-			sourceLength = node.getLength();
-			VariableDeclarationFragment fragment = (VariableDeclarationFragment) localVar;
+		} else if (localVar instanceof VariableDeclarationFragment fragment) {
 			final ASTNode parent = fragment.getParent();
+			if (!(parent instanceof LambdaExpression)) {
+				sourceStart = parent.getStartPosition();
+				sourceLength = parent.getLength();
+			}
 			switch (parent.getNodeType()) {
 				case ASTNode.VARIABLE_DECLARATION_EXPRESSION :
 					VariableDeclarationExpression expression = (VariableDeclarationExpression) parent;