diff --git a/core/parse.go b/core/parse.go
index f17da0870..d9ee8b838 100644
--- a/core/parse.go
+++ b/core/parse.go
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ func parseSetMacro(obj Object, ctx *ParseContext) Expr {
 func isUnknownCallable(expr Expr) bool {
 	switch c := expr.(type) {
 	case *VarRefExpr:
-		return c.vr.expr == nil
+		return (c.vr.isMacro && c.vr.Value == nil) || c.vr.expr == nil
 	default:
 		return false
 	}
diff --git a/tests/symbols-lint.joke b/tests/symbols-lint.joke
index a8df3386f..4b831103b 100644
--- a/tests/symbols-lint.joke
+++ b/tests/symbols-lint.joke
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
             [spec :as s])
   (:import [java.security Security]))
 
-
+(defmacro test-macro [x])
 
 (def f [])
 (f 1)
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@
 (f j)
 (f1 1)
 (tt/g 3)
+(test-macro uuu)