diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 1e0f03387..86145bf11 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -1979,6 +1979,9 @@ bool Tokenizer::tokenize(std::istream &code,
     // f(x=g())   =>   x=g(); f(x)
     simplifyAssignmentInFunctionCall();
 
+    // x = ({ 123; });  =>   { x = 123; }
+    simplifyAssignmentBlock();
+
     simplifyVariableMultipleAssign();
 
     // Remove redundant parentheses
@@ -8560,6 +8563,36 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyAssignmentInFunctionCall()
     }
 }
 
+void Tokenizer::simplifyAssignmentBlock()
+{
+    for (Token *tok = list.front(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
+        if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] %var% = ( {")) {
+            // goto the "} )"
+            unsigned int indentlevel = 0;
+            Token *tok2 = tok;
+            while (NULL != (tok2 = tok2->next())) {
+                if (tok2->str() == "(" || tok2->str() == "{")
+                    ++indentlevel;
+                else if (tok2->str() == ")" || tok2->str() == "}") {
+                    if (indentlevel <= 2)
+                        break;
+                    --indentlevel;
+                }
+            }
+            if (indentlevel == 2 && Token::simpleMatch(tok2, "} )")) {
+                tok2 = tok2->tokAt(-3);
+                if (Token::Match(tok2, "[;{}] %any% ;") && (tok2->next()->isName() || tok2->next()->isNumber())) {
+                    tok2->insertToken("=");
+                    tok2->insertToken(tok->next()->str());
+                    tok2->next()->varId(tok->next()->varId());
+                    tok->deleteNext(3);
+                    tok2->tokAt(5)->deleteNext();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // Remove __asm..
 void Tokenizer::simplifyAsm()
 {
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.h b/lib/tokenize.h
index 6df8a7b7f..daa0fb5d0 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.h
+++ b/lib/tokenize.h
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ public:
      */
     void simplifyAssignmentInFunctionCall();
 
+    /** Simplify assignment where rhs is a block : "x=({123;});" => "{x=123;}" */
+    void simplifyAssignmentBlock();
+
     /**
      * Simplify constant calculations such as "1+2" => "3"
      * @return true if modifications to token-list are done.
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 3a97f6955..0666c3c9a 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -418,6 +418,9 @@ private:
         // "x += .." => "x = x + .."
         TEST_CASE(simplifyCompoundAssignment);
 
+        // x = ({ 123; });  =>  { x = 123; }
+        TEST_CASE(simplifyAssignmentBlock);
+
         // Tokenize C#
         TEST_CASE(cs);
 
@@ -6708,6 +6711,11 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; x = g ( ) ; f ( x ) ;", tokenizeAndStringify(";f(x=g());"));
     }
 
+    void simplifyAssignmentBlock() {
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("; { x = 123 ; } ;", tokenizeAndStringify(";x=({123;});"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("; { x = y ; } ;", tokenizeAndStringify(";x=({y;});"));
+    }
+
     void cs() {
         bool simplify = false;
         bool expand = true;