diff --git a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
index 0e1fa2468..80cc3c220 100644
--- a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
+++ b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
@@ -811,6 +811,8 @@ void TemplateSimplifier::simplifyTemplateAliases(std::list<TemplateSimplifier::T
                 const Token * const fromEnd   = args[argnr].second->previous();
                 Token * const destToken = tok2;
                 tok2 = Tokenizer::copyTokens(tok2, fromStart, fromEnd, true);
+                if (tok2 == destToken->next())
+                    tok2 = destToken;
                 destToken->deleteThis();
             }