diff --git a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
index 8faa7f707..422e3bb6d 100644
--- a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -1125,6 +1125,8 @@ void CheckBufferOverrun::checkGlobalAndLocalVariable()
         {
             while (tok && tok->str() != ";")
                 tok = tok->next();
+            if (!tok)
+                break;
             checkScope(tok, arrayInfo);
             continue;
         }