diff --git a/src/tokenize.cpp b/src/tokenize.cpp
index 0424528b0..630b1d740 100644
--- a/src/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/src/tokenize.cpp
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarId()
             bool dot = false;
             for (tok2 = tok->next(); tok2; tok2 = tok2->next())
             {
-                if (!dot && tok2->str() == varname)
+                if (!dot && tok2->str() == varname && !Token::Match(tok2->previous(), "struct|union"))
                     tok2->varId(_varId);
                 else if (tok2->str() == "{")
                     ++indentlevel;
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 3771c37c0..ef262a985 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(varidReturn);
         TEST_CASE(varid8);
         TEST_CASE(varid9);
+        TEST_CASE(varid10);
         TEST_CASE(varidStl);
         TEST_CASE(varid_delete);
         TEST_CASE(varid_functions);
@@ -1145,6 +1146,32 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, actual);
     }
 
+    void varid10()
+    {
+        const std::string code("void foo()\n"
+                               "{\n"
+                               "    int abc;\n"
+                               "    struct abc abc1;\n"
+                               "}");
+
+        // tokenize..
+        Tokenizer tokenizer;
+        std::istringstream istr(code);
+        tokenizer.tokenize(istr, "test.cpp");
+        tokenizer.setVarId();
+
+        // result..
+        const std::string actual(tokenizer.tokens()->stringifyList(true));
+        const std::string expected("\n\n##file 0\n"
+                                   "1: void foo ( )\n"
+                                   "2: {\n"
+                                   "3: int abc@1 ;\n"
+                                   "4: struct abc abc1@2 ;\n"
+                                   "5: }\n");
+
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, actual);
+    }
+
     void varidStl()
     {
         const std::string code("list<int> ints;\n"