diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index b12f3a9b3..8eaeed7e6 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -6249,6 +6249,10 @@ void SymbolDatabase::setValueTypeInTokenList(bool reportDebugWarnings, Token *to
                     vt.sign = (vt.type == ValueType::Type::CHAR) ? mDefaultSignedness : ValueType::Sign::SIGNED;
             }
             setValueType(tok, vt);
+            if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->astOperand1(), "(")) {
+                vt.pointer--;
+                setValueType(tok->astOperand1(), vt);
+            }
         } else if (tok->isKeyword() && tok->str() == "return" && tok->scope()) {
             const Scope* fscope = tok->scope();
             while (fscope && !fscope->function)
diff --git a/test/cli/test-clang-import.py b/test/cli/test-clang-import.py
index 5330ddde2..073404a5a 100644
--- a/test/cli/test-clang-import.py
+++ b/test/cli/test-clang-import.py
@@ -118,7 +118,5 @@ def test_ast_control_flow():
     check_ast('void foo(int a, int b, int c) { foo(a,b,c); }')
 
 def test_ast():
-    # TODO
-    #check_ast('struct S { int x; }; S* foo() { return new S(); }')
-    pass
+    check_ast('struct S { int x; }; S* foo() { return new S(); }')