diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index a6676579a..be13fa6e5 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -3161,7 +3161,7 @@ void Tokenizer::arraySize()
 {
     auto getStrTok = [](Token* tok, bool addLength, Token** endStmt) -> Token* {
         if (addLength) {
-            *endStmt = tok->tokAt(6);
+            *endStmt = tok->tokAt(5);
             return tok->tokAt(4);
         }
         if (Token::Match(tok, "%var% [ ] =")) {
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 16a3695b4..a20a6b667 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -4013,6 +4013,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; int a [ 3 ] = { [ 2 ] = 5 } ;", tokenizeAndStringify(";int a[]={ [2] = 5 };"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; int a [ 5 ] = { 1 , 2 , [ 2 ] = 5 , 3 , 4 } ;", tokenizeAndStringify(";int a[]={ 1, 2, [2] = 5, 3, 4 };"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; int a [ ] = { 1 , 2 , [ x ] = 5 , 3 , 4 } ;", tokenizeAndStringify(";int a[]={ 1, 2, [x] = 5, 3, 4 };"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("; const char c [ 4 ] = \"abc\" ;", tokenizeAndStringify(";const char c[] = { \"abc\" };"));
     }
 
     void labels() {