diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index a5fa2a6ed..2bbdc8e05 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -3770,6 +3770,8 @@ static const Token * parsedecl(const Token *type, ValueType * const valuetype, V
             valuetype->type = type->isLong() ? ValueType::Type::LONGDOUBLE : ValueType::Type::DOUBLE;
         else if (type->str() == "struct")
             valuetype->type = ValueType::Type::NONSTD;
+        else if (type->isName() && valuetype->sign != ValueType::Sign::UNKNOWN_SIGN && valuetype->pointer == 0U)
+            return nullptr;
         else if (type->str() == "*")
             valuetype->pointer++;
         if (!type->originalName().empty())
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index 6e6e02797..c1ae75e9c 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -3084,7 +3084,7 @@ private:
         std::istringstream istr(code);
         tokenizer.tokenize(istr, "test.cpp");
         const Token * const tok = Token::findsimplematch(tokenizer.tokens(),str);
-        return tok->valueType()->str();
+        return tok->valueType() ? tok->valueType()->str() : std::string();
     }
 
     void valuetype() {
@@ -3167,6 +3167,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("long long", typeOf("a = (long long)32;", "("));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("long double", typeOf("a = (long double)32;", "("));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("char", typeOf("a = static_cast<char>(32);", "("));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", typeOf("a = (unsigned x)0;", "("));
 
         // const..
         ASSERT_EQUALS("const char *", typeOf("a = \"123\";", "\"123\""));