diff --git a/src/tokenize.cpp b/src/tokenize.cpp
index 32bbeae99..d7b212f6b 100644
--- a/src/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/src/tokenize.cpp
@@ -700,9 +700,9 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyNamespaces()
                 tok->deleteNext();
                 start->deleteNext();
                 start->deleteNext();
-                token = start->next();
                 if (start->previous())
                 {
+                    token = start->next();
                     start = start->previous();
                     start->deleteNext();
                 }