diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 87c42d9f0..234523c26 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -6406,6 +6406,8 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyVarDecl(Token * tokBegin, const Token * const tokEnd, co
                 varName = varName->next();
             else
                 --typelen;
+            if (isCPP() && Token::Match(varName, "public:|private:|protected:"))
+                continue;
             //skip all the pointer part
             bool isPointerOrRef = false;
             while (Token::simpleMatch(varName, "*") || Token::Match(varName, "& %name% ,")) {
diff --git a/test/testvarid.cpp b/test/testvarid.cpp
index c817864ac..189b7ba5d 100644
--- a/test/testvarid.cpp
+++ b/test/testvarid.cpp
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(varid_in_class21);    // #7788
         TEST_CASE(varid_in_class22);    // #10872
         TEST_CASE(varid_in_class23);    // #11293
+        TEST_CASE(varid_in_class24);
         TEST_CASE(varid_namespace_1);   // #7272
         TEST_CASE(varid_namespace_2);   // #7000
         TEST_CASE(varid_namespace_3);   // #8627
@@ -1988,6 +1989,22 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, tokenize(code, "test.cpp"));
     }
 
+    void varid_in_class24() {
+        const char code[] = "class A {\n"
+                            "    Q_OBJECT\n"
+                            "public:\n"
+                            "    using QPtr = QPointer<A>;\n"
+                            "};\n";
+
+        const char expected[] = "1: class A {\n"
+                                "2: Q_OBJECT\n"
+                                "3: public:\n"
+                                "4:\n"
+                                "5: } ;\n";
+
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, tokenize(code, "test.cpp"));
+    }
+
     void varid_namespace_1() { // #7272
         const char code[] = "namespace Blah {\n"
                             "  struct foo { int x;};\n"