diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 1125f1dc6..ae9fb5b7d 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -4555,14 +4555,11 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyFunctionParameters()
             Token * tokparam = NULL;
 
             //take count of the function name..
-            const std::string funcName(tok->str());
+            const std::string& funcName(tok->str());
 
             //floating token used to check for parameters
             Token *tok1 = tok;
 
-            //goto '('
-            tok = tok->next();
-
             while (NULL != (tok1 = tok1->tokAt(2))) {
                 if (!Token::Match(tok1, "%var% [,)]")) {
                     bailOut = true;
@@ -4600,13 +4597,27 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyFunctionParameters()
                 }
             }
 
+            //goto '('
+            tok = tok->next();
+
             if (bailOut) {
                 tok = tok->link();
                 continue;
             }
 
-            //there should be the sequence '; {' after the round parenthesis
-            if (!Token::findsimplematch(tok1, "; {")) {
+            tok1 = tok->link()->next();
+
+            // there should be the sequence '; {' after the round parenthesis
+            for (const Token* tok2 = tok1; tok2; tok2 = tok2->next()) {
+                if (Token::simpleMatch(tok2, "; {"))
+                    break;
+                else if (tok2->str() == "{") {
+                    bailOut = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (bailOut) {
                 tok = tok->link();
                 continue;
             }
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index ef4683787..b7b7b2b66 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -4280,21 +4280,21 @@ private:
     void simplifyFunctionParameters() {
         {
             const char code[] = "char a [ ABC ( DEF ) ] ;";
-            ASSERT_EQUALS(code, tokenizeAndStringify(code, true));
+            ASSERT_EQUALS(code, tokenizeAndStringify(code));
         }
 
         {
             const char code[] = "module ( a , a , sizeof ( a ) , 0444 ) ;";
-            ASSERT_EQUALS("module ( a , a , sizeof ( a ) , 292 ) ;", tokenizeAndStringify(code, true));
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("module ( a , a , sizeof ( a ) , 292 ) ;", tokenizeAndStringify(code));
         }
 
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( int x ) { }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f(x) int x; { }", true));
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( int x , char y ) { }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f(x,y) int x; char y; { }", true));
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("int main ( int argc , char * argv [ ] ) { }", tokenizeAndStringify("int main(argc,argv) int argc; char *argv[]; { }", true));
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("int f ( int p , int w , float d ) { }", tokenizeAndStringify("int f(p,w,d) float d; { }", true));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( int x ) { }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f(x) int x; { }"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( int x , char y ) { }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f(x,y) int x; char y; { }"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("int main ( int argc , char * argv [ ] ) { }", tokenizeAndStringify("int main(argc,argv) int argc; char *argv[]; { }"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("int f ( int p , int w , float d ) { }", tokenizeAndStringify("int f(p,w,d) float d; { }"));
 
         // #1067 - Not simplified. Feel free to fix so it is simplified correctly but this syntax is obsolete.
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("int ( * d ( a , b , c ) ) ( ) int a ; int b ; int c ; { }", tokenizeAndStringify("int (*d(a,b,c))()int a,b,c; { }", true));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("int ( * d ( a , b , c ) ) ( ) int a ; int b ; int c ; { }", tokenizeAndStringify("int (*d(a,b,c))()int a,b,c; { }"));
 
         {
             // This is not a function but the pattern is similar..
@@ -4317,7 +4317,7 @@ private:
                                 "    {"
                                 "    }"
                                 "}";
-            ASSERT_EQUALS("MACRO ( a ) void f ( ) { SetLanguage ( ) ; { } }", tokenizeAndStringify(code, true));
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("MACRO ( a ) void f ( ) { SetLanguage ( ) ; { } }", tokenizeAndStringify(code));
         }
     }
 
@@ -4330,7 +4330,7 @@ private:
                             "}\n";
         ASSERT_EQUALS("int f ( float * p , int w , int d , int e , short len )\n"
                       "{\n"
-                      "}", tokenizeAndStringify(code,true));
+                      "}", tokenizeAndStringify(code));
     }
 
     void simplifyFunctionParametersErrors() {
@@ -4350,6 +4350,16 @@ private:
         tokenizeAndStringify("void foo(int, int)\n"
                              "{}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // #3848 - Don't hang
+        tokenizeAndStringify("sal_Bool ShapeHasText(sal_uLong, sal_uLong) const {\n"
+                             "    return sal_True;\n"
+                             "}\n"
+                             "void CreateSdrOLEFromStorage() {\n"
+                             "    comphelper::EmbeddedObjectContainer aCnt( xDestStorage );\n"
+                             "    { }\n"
+                             "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     // Simplify "((..))" into "(..)"