diff --git a/src/tokenize.cpp b/src/tokenize.cpp
index 9d8e9035f..ca8186283 100644
--- a/src/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/src/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2263,19 +2263,12 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyCasts()
 
             if (Token::simpleMatch(tok2, "> ("))
             {
-                Token::eraseTokens(tok, tok2->tokAt(2));
-                tok2 = tok;
-                int parlevel = 0;
-                while (tok2->next() && parlevel >= 0)
+                Token *closeBracket = tok2->next()->link();
+                if (closeBracket)
                 {
-                    tok2 = tok2->next();
-                    if (tok2->next()->str() == "(")
-                        ++parlevel;
-                    else if (tok2->next()->str() == ")")
-                        --parlevel;
+                    Token::eraseTokens(tok, tok2->tokAt(2));
+                    closeBracket->deleteThis();
                 }
-                if (tok2->next())
-                    tok2->deleteNext();
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
index b7e0e2c51..193c57f19 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
@@ -672,8 +672,18 @@ private:
 
             ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, sizeof_(code));
         }
-    }
 
+        {
+            // ticket #645
+            const char code[] = "void f()\n"
+                                "{\n"
+                                "    return dynamic_cast<Foo *>((bar()));\n"
+                                "}\n";
+            const std::string expected(" void f ( ) { return bar ( ) ; }");
+
+            ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, sizeof_(code));
+        }
+    }