diff --git a/src/vs/base/common/filters.ts b/src/vs/base/common/filters.ts
index 9f85a2e34d024eac8cd5286e5abb7d11ca65538b..6592e10209d531a84e3e01bbdc5cd3585435132e 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/common/filters.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/common/filters.ts
@@ -343,8 +343,12 @@ export function matchesFuzzy(word: string, wordToMatchAgainst: string, enableSep
 	return enableSeparateSubstringMatching ? fuzzySeparateFilter(word, wordToMatchAgainst) : fuzzyContiguousFilter(word, wordToMatchAgainst);
 }
 
-export function matchesFuzzy2(word: string, wordToMatchAgainst: string): IMatch[] | null {
-	let score = fuzzyScore(word, word.toLowerCase(), 0, wordToMatchAgainst, wordToMatchAgainst.toLowerCase(), 0, false);
+/**
+ * Match pattern againt word in a fuzzy way. As in IntelliSense and faster and more
+ * powerfull than `matchesFuzzy`
+ */
+export function matchesFuzzy2(pattern: string, word: string): IMatch[] | null {
+	let score = fuzzyScore(pattern, pattern.toLowerCase(), 0, word, word.toLowerCase(), 0, false);
 	return score ? createMatches(score) : null;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/quickopen/browser/gotoSymbolHandler.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/quickopen/browser/gotoSymbolHandler.ts
index 32102b7988f107e5e196d6530d1d8f24ece01ea2..5ef1f1673d1ba5bab306c5212aa5bb69d6730dd4 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/quickopen/browser/gotoSymbolHandler.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/quickopen/browser/gotoSymbolHandler.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class OutlineModel extends QuickOpenModel {
 
 			// Filter by search
 			if (normalizedSearchValue) {
-				const highlights = filters.matchesFuzzy(normalizedSearchValue, entry.getLabel());
+				const highlights = filters.matchesFuzzy2(normalizedSearchValue, entry.getLabel());
 				if (highlights) {
 					entry.setHighlights(highlights);
 					entry.setHidden(false);
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/openSymbolHandler.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/openSymbolHandler.ts
index 0dc2fba92fe7252dcbfc4b1a039f98db59ff920f..d9261996f532da210fe92fe9741514e7699f4324 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/openSymbolHandler.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/openSymbolHandler.ts
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ export class OpenSymbolHandler extends QuickOpenHandler {
 			}
 
 			const entry = this.instantiationService.createInstance(SymbolEntry, element, provider);
-			entry.setHighlights(filters.matchesFuzzy(searchValue, entry.getLabel()));
+			entry.setHighlights(filters.matchesFuzzy2(searchValue, entry.getLabel()));
 			bucket.push(entry);
 		}
 	}