diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 7a3ccb5dc..96bde3089 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -3409,12 +3409,17 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarId()
         if (tok->str() == "virtual")
             continue;
 
-        if (tok->str() == "unsigned")
-            tok = tok->next();
-
         if (Token::Match(tok, "class|struct|union %type% :|{|;"))
             continue;
 
+        while (Token::Match(tok, "public:|private:|protected:"))
+            tok = tok->next();
+        if (!tok)
+            break;
+
+        if (tok->str() == "unsigned")
+            tok = tok->next();
+
         if (Token::Match(tok, "using namespace %type% ;")) {
             tok = tok->next();
             continue;
@@ -3426,12 +3431,15 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarId()
         if (Token::Match(tok, "else|return|typedef|delete|sizeof"))
             continue;
 
-        while (Token::Match(tok, "const|static|extern|public:|private:|protected:|;|mutable"))
+        while (Token::Match(tok, "const|static|extern|;|mutable"))
             tok = tok->next();
 
         if (tok && tok->str() == "friend")
             continue;
 
+        if (Token::Match(tok, "struct %type%"))
+            tok = tok->next();
+
         // skip global namespace prefix
         if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "::"))
             tok = tok->next();
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 53edab142..abe0a7182 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(varid39);   // ticket #3279 (varid for 'FOO::BAR const')
         TEST_CASE(varid40);   // ticket #3279
         TEST_CASE(varid41);   // ticket #3340 (varid for union type)
+        TEST_CASE(varid42);   // ticket #3316 (varid for array)
         TEST_CASE(varidFunctionCall1);
         TEST_CASE(varidFunctionCall2);
         TEST_CASE(varidFunctionCall3);
@@ -3029,6 +3030,21 @@ private:
                       "1: struct evt ; void f ( const evt & event@1 ) ;\n",
                       tokenizeDebugListing(code2));
     }
+    
+    void varid42() {
+        const std::string code("namespace fruit { struct banana {}; };\n"
+                               "class Fred {\n"
+                               "public:\n"
+                               "     struct fruit::banana Bananas[25];\n"
+                               "};");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("\n\n##file 0\n"
+                      "1: namespace fruit { struct banana { } ; } ;\n"
+                      "2: class Fred {\n"
+                      "3: public:\n"
+                      "4: struct fruit :: banana Bananas@1 [ 25 ] ;\n"
+                      "5: } ;\n",
+                      tokenizeDebugListing(code));
+    }
 
     void varidFunctionCall1() {
         const std::string code("void f() {\n"