diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 9fae3503c..e44fe681a 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -9382,7 +9382,8 @@ void Tokenizer::removeUnnecessaryQualification()
                 classInfo.pop();
             else if (tok->str() == classInfo.top().className &&
                      Token::Match(tok, "%type% :: %type% (") &&
-                     Token::Match(tok->tokAt(3)->link(), ") const| {|;"))
+                     Token::Match(tok->tokAt(3)->link(), ") const| {|;") &&
+                     tok->previous()->str() != ":")
             {
                 std::list<ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation> locationList;
                 ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation loc;
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
index 35f0d4e34..a546b3654 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
@@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ private:
 
         TEST_CASE(simplifyFunctionReturn);
 
-        TEST_CASE(removeUnnecessaryQualification);
+        TEST_CASE(removeUnnecessaryQualification1);
+        TEST_CASE(removeUnnecessaryQualification2);
 
         TEST_CASE(simplifyIfNotNull);
     }
@@ -6550,7 +6551,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, tok(code, false));
     }
 
-    void removeUnnecessaryQualification()
+    void removeUnnecessaryQualification1()
     {
         const char code[] = "class Fred { Fred::Fred() {} };";
         const char expected[] = "class Fred { Fred ( ) { } } ;";
@@ -6558,6 +6559,16 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:1]: (portability) Extra qualification 'Fred::' unnecessary and considered an error by many compilers.\n", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void removeUnnecessaryQualification2()
+    {
+        const char code[] = "template<typename Iter, typename Skip>\n"
+                            "struct grammar : qi::grammar<Iter, int(), Skip> {\n"
+                            "    grammar() : grammar::base_type(start) { }\n"
+                            "};\n";
+        tok(code, false);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void simplifyIfNotNull() // ticket # 2601 segmentation fault
     {
         const char code[] = "|| #if #define <=";