NavigationGutterIconRenderer goes to file/offset of element instead of invoking element's navigate()

The NavigationGutterIconRenderer uses PsiNavigateUtil.navigate() method which uses the element’s virtual file and offset rather than the Navigatable of the element when available:

public class PsiNavigateUtil {
  public static void navigate(@Nullable final PsiElement psiElement) {
    if (psiElement != null && psiElement.isValid()) {
      final PsiElement navigationElement = psiElement.getNavigationElement();
      final int offset = navigationElement instanceof PsiFile ? -1 : navigationElement.getTextOffset();

      VirtualFile virtualFile = PsiUtilCore.getVirtualFile(psiElement);
      if (virtualFile != null && virtualFile.isValid()) {
        new OpenFileDescriptor(navigationElement.getProject(), virtualFile, offset).navigate(true);
      }
      else if (navigationElement instanceof Navigatable) {
        ((Navigatable)navigationElement).navigate(true);
      }
    }
  }
}      

I am passing a list of PsiElement to NavigationGutterIconBuilder and the element in this case is a FakePsiElement subclass with customized navigate() method.

To make it work, I am returning null from the FakePsiElement.getContainingFile() method which causes the above code to invoke the navigate() method. I am not sure if this will have undesired effect under some conditions.

What is the right way to customize the navigate action for line marker to prevent the action from navigating to the virtual file of the element?