diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index 0aa0ee7c5..8f6a752d6 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ static bool iscast(const Token *tok)
         if (!Token::Match(tok2, "%name%|*|&|::"))
             return false;
 
-        if (tok2->isStandardType() && tok2->next()->str() != "(")
+        if (tok2->isStandardType() && (tok2->next()->str() != "(" || Token::Match(tok2->next(), "( * |* )")))
             type = true;
     }
 
@@ -617,7 +617,9 @@ static void compileTerm(Token *&tok, AST_state& state)
             }
         }
     } else if (tok->str() == "{") {
-        if (tok->previous() && tok->previous()->isName()) {
+        if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->link(),"} [")) {
+            tok = tok->next();
+        } else if (tok->previous() && tok->previous()->isName()) {
             compileBinOp(tok, state, compileExpression);
         } else if (!state.inArrayAssignment && tok->strAt(-1) != "=") {
             state.op.push(tok);
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 2ae5a19b6..b9fa3cc9b 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -8046,6 +8046,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("a1(2+=",testAst("a=(t&)1+2;"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("ab::r&c(=", testAst("a::b& r = (a::b&)c;")); // #5261
         ASSERT_EQUALS("ab10:?=", testAst("a=(b)?1:0;"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("a&(", testAst("(int (**)[i]){&a}[0][1][5] = 0;"));  // TODO: This AST is incomplete however it's very weird syntax (taken from clang/test/CodeGen/vla.c)
 
         // ({..})
         ASSERT_EQUALS("a{+d+ bc+", testAst("a+({b+c;})+d"));