diff --git a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
index 96b7c55c5..9d149c230 100644
--- a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
+++ b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ void TemplateSimplifier::checkComplicatedSyntaxErrorsInTemplates()
                         ;
                     else if (level == 0 && Token::Match(tok2->previous(), "%type%")) {
                         // @todo add better expression detection
-                        if (!Token::Match(tok2->next(), "%type%|%num% ;"))
+                        if (!Token::Match(tok2->next(), "*| %type%|%num% ;"))
                             inclevel = true;
                     } else if (tok2->next() && tok2->next()->isStandardType())
                         inclevel = true;
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytemplate.cpp b/test/testsimplifytemplate.cpp
index 376ddc7e0..297b24de7 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytemplate.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytemplate.cpp
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(template138);
         TEST_CASE(template139);
         TEST_CASE(template140);
+        TEST_CASE(template141); // #9337
         TEST_CASE(template_specialization_1);  // #7868 - template specialization template <typename T> struct S<C<T>> {..};
         TEST_CASE(template_specialization_2);  // #7868 - template specialization template <typename T> struct S<C<T>> {..};
         TEST_CASE(template_enum);  // #6299 Syntax error in complex enum declaration (including template)
@@ -3428,6 +3429,18 @@ private:
         }
     }
 
+    void template141() { // #9337
+        const char code[] = "struct a {\n"
+                            "  int c;\n"
+                            "  template <typename b> void d(b e) const { c < *e; }\n"
+                            "};";
+        const char exp[] = "struct a { "
+                           "int c ; "
+                           "template < typename b > void d ( b e ) const { c < * e ; } "
+                           "} ;";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(exp, tok(code));
+    }
+
     void template_specialization_1() {  // #7868 - template specialization template <typename T> struct S<C<T>> {..};
         const char code[] = "template <typename T> struct C {};\n"
                             "template <typename T> struct S {a};\n"