diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index d55d75c55..b4849ee5a 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -971,6 +971,10 @@ static void compilePrecedence2(Token *&tok, AST_state& state)
             else
                 compileUnaryOp(tok, state, compileExpression);
             tok = tok2->link()->next();
+        } else if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "( {") && Token::simpleMatch(tok->linkAt(1)->previous(), "; } )") && !Token::Match(tok->previous(), "%name% (")) {
+            state.op.push(tok->next());
+            tok = tok->link()->next();
+            continue;
         } else if (tok->str() == "(" && (!iscast(tok, state.cpp) || Token::Match(tok->previous(), "if|while|for|switch|catch"))) {
             Token* tok2 = tok;
             tok = tok->next();
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 374a295ec..e93dd76a3 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -6266,6 +6266,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("fori10=i{;;( i--", testAst("for (i=10;i;({i--;}) ) {}"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("c{1{,{2.3f{,(",
                       testAst("c({{}, {1}}, {2.3f});"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("x{{= e0= assert0(", testAst("x = {({ int e = 0; assert(0); e; })};"));
 
         // function pointer
         TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("todo", "va_argapvoid((,(*0=", testAst("*va_arg(ap, void(**) ()) = 0;"));