diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index ea6263988..8e589a603 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -6854,6 +6854,16 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyStructDecl()
                 tok = tok->next();
                 tok->insertToken(name.c_str());
             }
+            else if (tok->next()->str() == ";")
+            {
+                Token *previous = tok1->previous();
+                previous->deleteNext();
+                previous->deleteNext();
+                tok1 = previous->next();
+                previous = tok->previous();
+                previous->deleteNext();
+                previous->deleteNext();
+            }
 
             tok = tok1->next();
         }
diff --git a/test/testclass.cpp b/test/testclass.cpp
index 6c26d24d5..3cfa1aa2f 100644
--- a/test/testclass.cpp
+++ b/test/testclass.cpp
@@ -2100,6 +2100,20 @@ private:
                    "    void foo() { }\n"
                    "};");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (style) The function 'Fred::foo' can be const\n", errout.str());
+
+        checkConst("struct fast_string\n"
+                   "{\n"
+                   "    union\n"
+                   "    {\n"
+                   "        char buff[100];\n"
+                   "    };\n"
+                   "    void set_type(char t);\n"
+                   "};\n"
+                   "inline void fast_string::set_type(char t)\n"
+                   "{\n"
+                   "    buff[10] = t;\n"
+                   "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void const7()