diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index bc60164fb..2e0eba604 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -93,13 +93,16 @@ void SymbolDatabase::createSymbolDatabaseFindAllScopes()
             else if (_tokenizer->isCPP() && tok->strAt(1) == "class")
                 tok2 = tok2->next();
 
-            while (tok2 && tok2->str() == "::")
+            while (Token::Match(tok2, ":: %name%"))
                 tok2 = tok2->tokAt(2);
 
             // skip over template args
             if (tok2 && tok2->str() == "<" && tok2->link())
                 tok2 = tok2->link()->next();
 
+            if (Token::Match(tok2, "%name% ["))
+                continue;
+
             // make sure we have valid code
             if (!Token::Match(tok2, "{|:")) {
                 // check for qualified variable
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index 0042605aa..0fd9f3754 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(symboldatabase56); // #7909
         TEST_CASE(symboldatabase57);
         TEST_CASE(symboldatabase58); // #6985 (using namespace type lookup)
+        TEST_CASE(symboldatabase59);
 
         TEST_CASE(enum1);
         TEST_CASE(enum2);
@@ -2879,6 +2880,13 @@ private:
         }
     }
 
+    void symboldatabase59() { // #8465
+        GET_SYMBOL_DB("struct A::B ab[10];\n"
+                      "void f() {}");
+        ASSERT(db != nullptr);
+        ASSERT(db && db->scopeList.size() == 2);
+    }
+
     void enum1() {
         GET_SYMBOL_DB("enum BOOL { FALSE, TRUE }; enum BOOL b;");