diff --git a/src/tokenize.cpp b/src/tokenize.cpp
index 0d6fe3c4f..cc7b232d9 100644
--- a/src/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/src/tokenize.cpp
@@ -1031,13 +1031,13 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTokenList()
             }
         }
 
-        else if (Token::Match(type0, "%type% %var% [ %num% ] ,|="))
+        else if (Token::Match(type0, "%type% %var% [ %num% ] ,"))
         {
             tok2 = type0->tokAt(5);    // The ',' token
             typelen = 1;
         }
 
-        else if (Token::Match(type0, "%type% * %var% [ %num% ] ,|="))
+        else if (Token::Match(type0, "%type% * %var% [ %num% ] ,"))
         {
             tok2 = type0->tokAt(6);    // The ',' token
             typelen = 1;
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
index 5a1c17d39..d2d425310 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(redundant_plus);
         TEST_CASE(parantheses1);
         TEST_CASE(paranthesesVar);      // Remove redundant parantheses around variable .. "( %var% )"
+        TEST_CASE(declareVar);
 
         TEST_CASE(elseif1);
 
@@ -321,6 +322,11 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("cast < char * > ( p ) ", tok("cast<char *>(p)"));
     }
 
+    void declareVar()
+    {
+        const char code[] = "void f ( ) { char str [ 100 ] = \"100\" ; } ";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(code, tok(code));
+    }
 
     std::string elseif(const char code[])
     {