diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index cd00d1b28..823d2a85f 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -4504,8 +4504,8 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyFlowControl()
             }
             eraseDeadCode(tok, beginindent->link());
 
-        } else if (tok->str() == "return") {
-            //catch the first ';' after the return
+        } else if (tok->str() == "return" || tok->str() == "throw") {
+            //catch the first ';' after the return|trow statement
             for (Token *tok2 = tok->next(); tok2; tok2 = tok2->next()) {
                 if (tok2->str() == "(" || tok2->str() == "[") {
                     tok2 = tok2->link();
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.h b/lib/tokenize.h
index e62ebe4e0..eeb37c57e 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.h
+++ b/lib/tokenize.h
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ public:
     void simplifyGoto();
 
     /** Simplify redundant code placed after control flow statements :
-     * 'return', 'goto', 'break' and 'continue'
+     * 'return', 'throw', 'goto', 'break' and 'continue'
      */
     void simplifyFlowControl();
 
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
index 7c8924b96..c14bef598 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
@@ -3085,8 +3085,7 @@ private:
     void flowControl() {
         std::list<std::string> beforedead;
         beforedead.push_back("return");
-        beforedead.push_back("return 0");
-        beforedead.push_back("return -1");
+        beforedead.push_back("throw ( 10 )");
         beforedead.push_back("goto labels");
         beforedead.push_back("break");
         beforedead.push_back("continue");