diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 93cc5fb8c..a8426dff8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Bugs fixed
 * C, fix anon objects in intersphinx.
 * #8270, C++, properly reject functions as duplicate declarations if a
   non-function declaration of the same name already exists.
+* C, fix references to function parameters.
+  Link to the function instead of a non-existing anchor.
 
 
 Testing
diff --git a/sphinx/domains/c.py b/sphinx/domains/c.py
index 4d88bd8e8..16f2c876f 100644
--- a/sphinx/domains/c.py
+++ b/sphinx/domains/c.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 import re
 from typing import (
-    Any, Callable, Dict, Generator, Iterator, List, Type, TypeVar, Tuple, Union
+    Any, Callable, cast, Dict, Generator, Iterator, List, Type, TypeVar, Tuple, Union
 )
 
 from docutils import nodes
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ from sphinx.util.nodes import make_refnode
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 T = TypeVar('T')
 
+DeclarationType = Union[
+    "ASTStruct", "ASTUnion", "ASTEnum", "ASTEnumerator",
+    "ASTType", "ASTTypeWithInit", "ASTMacro",
+]
+
 # https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/keyword
 _keywords = [
     'auto', 'break', 'case', 'char', 'const', 'continue', 'default', 'do', 'double',
@@ -635,6 +640,10 @@ class ASTFunctionParameter(ASTBase):
         self.arg = arg
         self.ellipsis = ellipsis
 
+    def get_id(self, version: int, objectType: str, symbol: "Symbol") -> str:
+        # the anchor will be our parent
+        return symbol.parent.declaration.get_id(version, prefixed=False)
+
     def _stringify(self, transform: StringifyTransform) -> str:
         if self.ellipsis:
             return '...'
@@ -1148,6 +1157,9 @@ class ASTType(ASTBase):
     def name(self) -> ASTNestedName:
         return self.decl.name
 
+    def get_id(self, version: int, objectType: str, symbol: "Symbol") -> str:
+        return symbol.get_full_nested_name().get_id(version)
+
     @property
     def function_params(self) -> List[ASTFunctionParameter]:
         return self.decl.function_params
@@ -1190,6 +1202,9 @@ class ASTTypeWithInit(ASTBase):
     def name(self) -> ASTNestedName:
         return self.type.name
 
+    def get_id(self, version: int, objectType: str, symbol: "Symbol") -> str:
+        return self.type.get_id(version, objectType, symbol)
+
     def _stringify(self, transform: StringifyTransform) -> str:
         res = []
         res.append(transform(self.type))
@@ -1241,6 +1256,9 @@ class ASTMacro(ASTBase):
     def name(self) -> ASTNestedName:
         return self.ident
 
+    def get_id(self, version: int, objectType: str, symbol: "Symbol") -> str:
+        return symbol.get_full_nested_name().get_id(version)
+
     def _stringify(self, transform: StringifyTransform) -> str:
         res = []
         res.append(transform(self.ident))
@@ -1341,7 +1359,8 @@ class ASTEnumerator(ASTBase):
 
 
 class ASTDeclaration(ASTBaseBase):
-    def __init__(self, objectType: str, directiveType: str, declaration: Any,
+    def __init__(self, objectType: str, directiveType: str,
+                 declaration: Union[DeclarationType, ASTFunctionParameter],
                  semicolon: bool = False) -> None:
         self.objectType = objectType
         self.directiveType = directiveType
@@ -1358,18 +1377,20 @@ class ASTDeclaration(ASTBaseBase):
 
     @property
     def name(self) -> ASTNestedName:
-        return self.declaration.name
+        decl = cast(DeclarationType, self.declaration)
+        return decl.name
 
     @property
     def function_params(self) -> List[ASTFunctionParameter]:
         if self.objectType != 'function':
             return None
-        return self.declaration.function_params
+        decl = cast(ASTType, self.declaration)
+        return decl.function_params
 
     def get_id(self, version: int, prefixed: bool = True) -> str:
         if self.objectType == 'enumerator' and self.enumeratorScopedSymbol:
             return self.enumeratorScopedSymbol.declaration.get_id(version, prefixed)
-        id_ = self.symbol.get_full_nested_name().get_id(version)
+        id_ = self.declaration.get_id(version, self.objectType, self.symbol)
         if prefixed:
             return _id_prefix[version] + id_
         else:
@@ -1412,7 +1433,8 @@ class ASTDeclaration(ASTBaseBase):
         elif self.objectType == 'enumerator':
             mainDeclNode += addnodes.desc_annotation('enumerator ', 'enumerator ')
         elif self.objectType == 'type':
-            prefix = self.declaration.get_type_declaration_prefix()
+            decl = cast(ASTType, self.declaration)
+            prefix = decl.get_type_declaration_prefix()
             prefix += ' '
             mainDeclNode += addnodes.desc_annotation(prefix, prefix)
         else:
@@ -2982,7 +3004,7 @@ class DefinitionParser(BaseParser):
 
     def parse_pre_v3_type_definition(self) -> ASTDeclaration:
         self.skip_ws()
-        declaration = None  # type: Any
+        declaration = None  # type: DeclarationType
         if self.skip_word('struct'):
             typ = 'struct'
             declaration = self._parse_struct()
@@ -3005,7 +3027,7 @@ class DefinitionParser(BaseParser):
                                  'macro', 'struct', 'union', 'enum', 'enumerator', 'type'):
             raise Exception('Internal error, unknown directiveType "%s".' % directiveType)
 
-        declaration = None  # type: Any
+        declaration = None  # type: DeclarationType
         if objectType == 'member':
             declaration = self._parse_type_with_init(named=True, outer='member')
         elif objectType == 'function':
diff --git a/sphinx/domains/cpp.py b/sphinx/domains/cpp.py
index c43c55d5b..0e996532f 100644
--- a/sphinx/domains/cpp.py
+++ b/sphinx/domains/cpp.py
@@ -1836,7 +1836,7 @@ class ASTFunctionParameter(ASTBase):
         # this is not part of the normal name mangling in C++
         if symbol:
             # the anchor will be our parent
-            return symbol.parent.declaration.get_id(version, prefixed=None)
+            return symbol.parent.declaration.get_id(version, prefixed=False)
         # else, do the usual
         if self.ellipsis:
             return 'z'
diff --git a/tests/roots/test-domain-c/function_param_target.rst b/tests/roots/test-domain-c/function_param_target.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05de01445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/roots/test-domain-c/function_param_target.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.. c:function:: void f(int i)
+
+	- :c:var:`i`
+
+- :c:var:`f.i`
diff --git a/tests/test_domain_c.py b/tests/test_domain_c.py
index 7509b1aa9..43d71f74e 100644
--- a/tests/test_domain_c.py
+++ b/tests/test_domain_c.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 """
 import pytest
 
+from xml.etree import ElementTree
+
 from sphinx import addnodes
 from sphinx.addnodes import desc
 from sphinx.domains.c import DefinitionParser, DefinitionError
@@ -529,6 +531,25 @@ def filter_warnings(warning, file):
     return res
 
 
+def extract_role_links(app, filename):
+    t = (app.outdir / filename).read_text()
+    lis = [l for l in t.split('\n') if l.startswith("<li")]
+    entries = []
+    for l in lis:
+        li = ElementTree.fromstring(l)
+        aList = list(li.iter('a'))
+        assert len(aList) == 1
+        a = aList[0]
+        target = a.attrib['href'].lstrip('#')
+        title = a.attrib['title']
+        assert len(a) == 1
+        code = a[0]
+        assert code.tag == 'code'
+        text = ''.join(code.itertext())
+        entries.append((target, title, text))
+    return entries
+
+
 @pytest.mark.sphinx(testroot='domain-c', confoverrides={'nitpicky': True})
 def test_build_domain_c(app, status, warning):
     app.builder.build_all()
@@ -562,6 +583,19 @@ def test_build_domain_c_semicolon(app, status, warning):
     assert len(ws) == 0
 
 
+@pytest.mark.sphinx(testroot='domain-c', confoverrides={'nitpicky': True})
+def test_build_function_param_target(app, warning):
+    # the anchor for function parameters should be the function
+    app.builder.build_all()
+    ws = filter_warnings(warning, "function_param_target")
+    assert len(ws) == 0
+    entries = extract_role_links(app, "function_param_target.html")
+    assert entries == [
+        ('c.f', 'i', 'i'),
+        ('c.f', 'f.i', 'f.i'),
+    ]
+
+
 def _get_obj(app, queryName):
     domain = app.env.get_domain('c')
     for name, dispname, objectType, docname, anchor, prio in domain.get_objects():