diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index 0ebb7d68a..53b29f5ba 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -485,6 +485,8 @@ static bool iscpp11init(const Token * const tok)
         return false;
     if (Token::Match(nameToken, "else|try|do|const|override|volatile|&|&&"))
         return false;
+    if (Token::simpleMatch(nameToken->previous(), "namespace"))
+        return false;
     // There is no initialisation for example here: 'class Fred {};'
     if (!Token::simpleMatch(endtok, "} ;"))
         return true;
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index d1b862231..88e435c1c 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(findGarbageCode);
         TEST_CASE(checkEnableIf);
         TEST_CASE(checkTemplates);
+        TEST_CASE(checkNamespaces);
 
         // #9052
         TEST_CASE(noCrash1);
@@ -7800,6 +7801,10 @@ private:
                             "int main() { using T = void (*)(a<j<F, char[]>>); }\n"))
     }
 
+    void checkNamespaces() {
+        ASSERT_NO_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify("namespace x { namespace y { namespace z {}}}"))
+    }
+
     void noCrash1() {
         ASSERT_NO_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify(
                             "struct A {\n"