diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 042cad03e..ca2cfd5cf 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -4578,7 +4578,7 @@ void SymbolDatabase::setValueType(Token *tok, const ValueType &valuetype)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (parent->str() == "[" && (!cpp || parent->astOperand1() == tok) && valuetype.pointer > 0U) {
+    if (parent->str() == "[" && (!cpp || parent->astOperand1() == tok) && valuetype.pointer > 0U && !Token::Match(parent->previous(), "[{,]")) {
         const Token *op1 = parent->astOperand1();
         while (op1 && op1->str() == "[")
             op1 = op1->astOperand1();
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index 935aee9a2..82564c0c2 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -4429,6 +4429,7 @@ private:
 
         // Variable declaration
         ASSERT_EQUALS("char *", typeOf("; char abc[] = \"abc\";", "["));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", typeOf("; int x[10] = { [3]=1 };", "[ 3 ]"));
     }
 
     void variadic1() { // #7453