diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index 46dc9f517..091ba89fe 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -1008,6 +1008,9 @@ static void createAstAtTokenInner(Token * const tok1, const Token *endToken, boo
         if (tok->str() == "{") {
             if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->previous(), "( {"))
                 ;
+            // struct assignment
+            else if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->previous(), ") {") && Token::simpleMatch(tok->linkAt(-1), "( struct"))
+                ;
             // Lambda function
             else if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->astParent(), "(") &&
                      Token::simpleMatch(tok->astParent()->astParent(), "[") &&
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index b9b5ae33e..4c652f30f 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -8066,6 +8066,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("ab2[a0=b0=,{a0=b0=,{,{=", testAst("struct AB ab[2] = { { .a=0, .b=0 }, { .a=0, .b=0 } };"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("tset{=", testAst("struct cgroup_taskset tset = {};"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("s1a&,{2b&,{,{=", testAst("s = { {1, &a}, {2, &b} };"));
+        TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("xatoistr({(=", "x{(= atoistr(", testAst("x = (struct X){atoi(str)};"));
 
         // template parentheses: <>
         ASSERT_EQUALS("stdfabs::m_similarity(numeric_limitsepsilon::(<=return", testAst("return std::fabs(m_similarity) <= numeric_limits<double>::epsilon();")); // #6195