diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 14bcb24c3..d6f07fba8 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -6623,7 +6623,7 @@ std::string ValueType::str() const
         while (scope && scope->type != Scope::eGlobal) {
             if (scope->type == Scope::eClass || scope->type == Scope::eStruct || scope->type == Scope::eNamespace)
                 className = scope->className + "::" + className;
-            scope = scope->definedType ? scope->definedType->enclosingScope : scope->nestedIn;
+            scope = (scope->definedType && scope->definedType->enclosingScope) ? scope->definedType->enclosingScope : scope->nestedIn;
         }
         ret += ' ' + className;
     } else if (type == ValueType::Type::CONTAINER && container) {
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index 8bef4cf5d..c2a324ef9 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(symboldatabase86);
         TEST_CASE(symboldatabase87); // #9922 'extern const char ( * x [ 256 ] ) ;'
         TEST_CASE(symboldatabase88); // #10040 (using namespace)
+        TEST_CASE(symboldatabase89); // valuetype name
 
         TEST_CASE(createSymbolDatabaseFindAllScopes1);
 
@@ -4805,6 +4806,27 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void symboldatabase89() { // valuetype name
+        GET_SYMBOL_DB("namespace external {\n"
+                      "namespace ns1 {\n"
+                      "class A {\n"
+                      "public:\n"
+                      "  struct S { };\n"
+                      "  A(const S&) { }\n"
+                      "};\n"
+                      "static const A::S AS = A::S();\n"
+                      "}\n"
+                      "}\n"
+                      "using namespace external::ns1;\n"
+                      "A a{AS};");
+        const Token *vartok1 = Token::findsimplematch(tokenizer.tokens(), "A a");
+        ASSERT(vartok1);
+        ASSERT(vartok1->next());
+        ASSERT(vartok1->next()->variable());
+        ASSERT(vartok1->next()->variable()->valueType());
+        ASSERT(vartok1->next()->variable()->valueType()->str() == "external::ns1::A");
+    }
+
     void createSymbolDatabaseFindAllScopes1() {
         GET_SYMBOL_DB("void f() { union {int x; char *p;} a={0}; }");
         ASSERT(db->scopeList.size() == 3);