diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index cc8ae10e3..cdf7c38c3 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2639,6 +2639,17 @@ static void setVarIdClassFunction(Token * const startToken,
     }
 }
 
+static bool isInitList(const Token *tok)
+{
+    if (!Token::Match(tok, ") : %var% ("))
+        return false;
+
+    tok = tok->linkAt(3);
+    while (Token::Match(tok, ") , %var% ("))
+        tok = tok->linkAt(3);
+
+    return Token::Match(tok, ") {");
+}
 
 void Tokenizer::setVarId()
 {
@@ -2666,13 +2677,16 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarId()
     executableScope.push(false);
     std::stack<unsigned int> scopestartvarid;  // varid when scope starts
     scopestartvarid.push(0);
+    bool initlist = false;
     for (Token *tok = list.front(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
 
         // scope info to handle shadow variables..
-        if (tok->str() == "(" &&
-            (Token::simpleMatch(tok->link(), ") {") || Token::Match(tok->link(), ") %type% {"))) {
+        if (!initlist && tok->str() == "(" &&
+            (Token::simpleMatch(tok->link(), ") {") || Token::Match(tok->link(), ") %type% {") || isInitList(tok->link()))) {
             scopeInfo.push(variableId);
+            initlist = Token::simpleMatch(tok->link(), ") :");
         } else if (tok->str() == "{") {
+            initlist = false;
             // parse anonymous unions as part of the current scope
             if (!(Token::simpleMatch(tok->previous(), "union") && Token::simpleMatch(tok->link(), "} ;"))) {
                 scopestartvarid.push(_varId);
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index a2e75d4b9..50df41166 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -4086,6 +4086,17 @@ private:
                       "4: } ;\n"
                       "5: A :: A ( int x@3 ) : x@2 ( x@3 ) { }\n",
                       tokenizeDebugListing(code3));
+
+        const char code4[] = "struct A {\n"
+                             "  int x;\n"
+                             "  A(int x) : x(x) {}\n"
+                             "};\n";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("\n\n##file 0\n"
+                      "1: struct A {\n"
+                      "2: int x@1 ;\n"
+                      "3: A ( int x@2 ) : x@1 ( x@2 ) { }\n"
+                      "4: } ;\n",
+                      tokenizeDebugListing(code4));
     }
 
     void varid_operator() {