diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index d611df39c..2b7d5d1d1 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -3635,9 +3635,17 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyRedundantParanthesis()
         if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "[(!*;}] ( %var% )") && tok->next()->varId() != 0)
         {
             // We have "( var )", remove the paranthesis
-            tok = tok->previous();
+            tok->deleteThis();
             tok->deleteNext();
-            tok = tok->next();
+            ret = true;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "[(!] ( %var% . %var% )"))
+        {
+            // We have "( var . var )", remove the paranthesis
+            tok->deleteThis();
+            tok = tok->tokAt(2);
             tok->deleteNext();
             ret = true;
             continue;
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index a67182ced..43e7dde44 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(removeParantheses3);
         TEST_CASE(removeParantheses4);       // Ticket #390
         TEST_CASE(removeParantheses5);       // Ticket #392
+        TEST_CASE(removeParantheses6);
 
         TEST_CASE(tokenize_double);
         TEST_CASE(tokenize_strings);
@@ -2055,6 +2056,24 @@ private:
         }
     }
 
+    // "!(abc.a)" => "!abc.a"
+    void removeParantheses6()
+    {
+        const char code[] = "(!(abc.a))";
+
+        // tokenize..
+        Tokenizer tokenizer;
+        std::istringstream istr(code);
+        tokenizer.tokenize(istr, "test.cpp");
+
+        tokenizer.simplifyTokenList();
+
+        std::ostringstream ostr;
+        for (const Token *tok = tokenizer.tokens(); tok; tok = tok->next())
+            ostr << " " << tok->str();
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(" ( ! abc . a )", ostr.str());
+    }
+
     void tokenize_double()
     {
         const char code[] = "void f()\n"