diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index becb5a439..01323d986 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -4373,7 +4373,7 @@ void Tokenizer::removeRedundantFor()
 void Tokenizer::removeRedundantSemicolons()
 {
     for (Token *tok = list.front(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
-        if (tok->str() == "(") {
+        if (tok->link() && tok->str() == "(") {
             tok = tok->link();
             continue;
         }
diff --git a/test/testgarbage.cpp b/test/testgarbage.cpp
index a7787086d..7c26f0620 100644
--- a/test/testgarbage.cpp
+++ b/test/testgarbage.cpp
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(garbageCode143); // #6922
         TEST_CASE(garbageCode144); // #6865
         TEST_CASE(garbageCode145); // #7074
+        TEST_CASE(garbageCode146); // #7081
 
         TEST_CASE(garbageValueFlow);
         TEST_CASE(garbageSymbolDatabase);
@@ -1143,6 +1144,13 @@ private:
         checkCode("++4++ +  + E++++++++++ + ch " "tp.oed5[.]");
     }
 
+    void garbageCode146() { // #7081
+        ASSERT_THROW(checkCode("void foo() {\n"
+                               "    ? std::cout << pow((, 1) << std::endl;\n"
+                               "    double <ip = NUO ip) << std::end;\n"
+                               "}"), InternalError);
+    }
+
     void garbageValueFlow() {
         // #6089
         const char* code = "{} int foo(struct, x1, struct x2, x3, int, x5, x6, x7)\n"