diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 2c868f034..eab9cf743 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -9563,6 +9563,10 @@ void Tokenizer::findGarbageCode() const
             }
         }
 
+        // array assignment
+        else if (Token::Match(tok, "%assign% [") && Token::simpleMatch(tok->linkAt(1), "] ;"))
+            syntaxError(tok, tok->str() + "[...];");
+
         // UNKNOWN_MACRO(return)
         if (tok->isKeyword() && Token::Match(tok, "throw|return )") && Token::Match(tok->linkAt(1)->previous(), "%name% ("))
             unknownMacroError(tok->linkAt(1)->previous());
diff --git a/test/testgarbage.cpp b/test/testgarbage.cpp
index 814d2ac21..ced1b7671 100644
--- a/test/testgarbage.cpp
+++ b/test/testgarbage.cpp
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(garbageCode212); // #8765
         TEST_CASE(garbageCode213); // #8758
         TEST_CASE(garbageCode214);
+        TEST_CASE(garbageCode215); // daca@home script with extension .c
 
         TEST_CASE(garbageCodeFuzzerClientMode1); // test cases created with the fuzzer client, mode 1
 
@@ -1665,6 +1666,10 @@ private:
         checkCode("THIS FILE CONTAINS VARIOUS TEXT");
     }
 
+    void garbageCode215() { // daca@home script with extension .c
+        ASSERT_THROW(checkCode("a = [1,2,3];"), InternalError);
+    }
+
     void syntaxErrorFirstToken() {
         ASSERT_THROW(checkCode("&operator(){[]};"), InternalError); // #7818
         ASSERT_THROW(checkCode("*(*const<> (size_t); foo) { } *(*const (size_t)() ; foo) { }"), InternalError); // #6858