diff --git a/src/tokenize.cpp b/src/tokenize.cpp
index dcac6d11d..cab2c954b 100644
--- a/src/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/src/tokenize.cpp
@@ -3408,7 +3408,7 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyRedundantParanthesis()
             ret = true;
         }
 
-        if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "[(!*;] ( %var% )") && tok->next()->varId() != 0)
+        if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "[(!*;}] ( %var% )") && tok->next()->varId() != 0)
         {
             // We have "( var )", remove the paranthesis
             tok = tok->previous();
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
index f22caaaf8..f260d28f8 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { int p [ 10 ] ; p [ 0 ] = 1 ; }", tok("void f(){int p[10]; (p)[0] = 1;}"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { int p ; if ( ! p ) { } }", tok("void f(){int p; if ((p) == 0) {}}"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { int * p ; * p = 1 ; }", tok("void f(){int *p; *(p) = 1;}"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { int p ; if ( p ) { } p = 1 ; }", tok("void f(){int p; if ( p ) { } (p) = 1;}"));
 
         // keep parantheses..
         ASSERT_EQUALS("= a ;", tok("= (char)a;"));