diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 7965cb9a7..d6bde9610 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -3249,7 +3249,7 @@ static const Token* skipScopeIdentifiers(const Token* tok)
 
 static const Token* skipPointers(const Token* tok)
 {
-    while (Token::Match(tok, "*|&|&&")  || (tok && tok->str() == "(" && Token::Match(tok->link()->next(), "(|["))) {
+    while (Token::Match(tok, "*|&|&&")  || (Token::Match(tok, "( [*&]") && Token::Match(tok->link()->next(), "(|["))) {
         tok = tok->next();
         if (tok->strAt(-1) == "(" && Token::Match(tok, "%type% ::"))
             tok = tok->tokAt(2);
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 15ffc4266..2dd78f23e 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2320,7 +2320,7 @@ static bool setVarIdParseDeclaration(const Token **tok, const std::map<std::stri
             singleNameCount = 1;
         } else if (Token::Match(tok2, "&|&&")) {
             ref = !bracket;
-        } else if (singleNameCount == 1 && tok2->str() == "(" && Token::Match(tok2->link()->next(), "(|[")) {
+        } else if (singleNameCount == 1 && Token::Match(tok2, "( [*&]") && Token::Match(tok2->link()->next(), "(|[")) {
             bracket = true; // Skip: Seems to be valid pointer to array or function pointer
         } else if (tok2->str() == "::") {
             singleNameCount = 0;
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index 58c939d4b..14e0ba104 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ private:
                       "void(*p2)(char); \n"                         // pointer to function (char) returning void
                       "int(*(*p3)(char))[10];\n"                    // pointer to function (char) returning pointer to array 10 of int
                       "float(*(*p4)(char))(long); \n"               // pointer to function (char) returning pointer to function (long) returning float
-                      "short(*(*(p5) (char))(long))(double); \n"    // pointer to function (char) returning pointer to function (long) returning pointer to function (double) returning short
+                      "short(*(*(*p5) (char))(long))(double);\n"    // pointer to function (char) returning pointer to function (long) returning pointer to function (double) returning short
                       "int(*a1[10])(void); \n"                      // array 10 of pointer to function (void) returning int
                       "float(*(*a2[10])(char))(long);\n"            // array 10 of pointer to func (char) returning pointer to func (long) returning float
                       "short(*(*(*a3[10])(char))(long))(double);\n" // array 10 of pointer to function (char) returning pointer to function (long) returning pointer to function (double) returning short
diff --git a/test/testvarid.cpp b/test/testvarid.cpp
index e964827b5..925dfa893 100644
--- a/test/testvarid.cpp
+++ b/test/testvarid.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(varidFunctionCall2);
         TEST_CASE(varidFunctionCall3);
         TEST_CASE(varidFunctionCall4);  // ticket #3280
+        TEST_CASE(varidFunctionCall5);
         TEST_CASE(varidStl);
         TEST_CASE(varid_newauto);       // not declaration: new const auto(0);
         TEST_CASE(varid_delete);
@@ -1111,6 +1112,11 @@ private:
                       tokenize(code2, false, "test.c"));
     }
 
+    void varidFunctionCall5() {
+        const char code[] = "void foo() { (f(x[2]))(x[2]); }";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("1: void foo ( ) { f ( x [ 2 ] ) ( x [ 2 ] ) ; }\n",
+                      tokenize(code, false, "test.c"));
+    }
 
     void varidStl() {
         const std::string actual = tokenize(