diff --git a/lib/token.cpp b/lib/token.cpp
index d36f4acdf..71f7e5d0c 100644
--- a/lib/token.cpp
+++ b/lib/token.cpp
@@ -225,6 +225,46 @@ static bool strisop(const char str[])
     return false;
 }
 
+static int multiComparePercent(const char * * haystack_p,
+                               const char * needle,
+                               bool emptyStringFound)
+{
+    const char *haystack = *haystack_p;
+
+    if (haystack[0] == '%' && haystack[1] != '|') {
+        if (haystack[1] == 'o' && // "%op%"
+            haystack[2] == 'p' &&
+            haystack[3] == '%') {
+            if (strisop(needle))
+                return 1;
+            *haystack_p = haystack = haystack + 4;
+        } else if (haystack[1] == 'o' && // "%or%"
+                   haystack[2] == 'r' &&
+                   haystack[3] == '%') {
+            if (*needle == '|')
+                return 1;
+            *haystack_p = haystack = haystack + 4;
+        } else if (haystack[1] == 'o' && // "%oror%"
+                   haystack[2] == 'r' &&
+                   haystack[3] == 'o' &&
+                   haystack[4] == 'r' &&
+                   haystack[5] == '%') {
+            if (needle[0] == '|' && needle[1] == '|')
+                return 1;
+            *haystack_p = haystack = haystack + 6;
+        }
+
+        if (*haystack == '|')
+            *haystack_p = haystack = haystack + 1;
+        else if (*haystack == ' ' || *haystack == '\0')
+            return emptyStringFound ? 0 : -1;
+        else
+            return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0xFFFF;
+}
+
 int Token::multiCompare(const char *haystack, const char *needle)
 {
     if (haystack[0] == '%' && haystack[1] == 'o') {
@@ -271,6 +311,10 @@ int Token::multiCompare(const char *haystack, const char *needle)
 
             needlePointer = needle;
             ++haystack;
+
+            int ret = multiComparePercent(&haystack, needle, emptyStringFound);
+            if (ret < 2)
+                return ret;
         } else if (*haystack == ' ' || *haystack == '\0') {
             if (needlePointer == needle)
                 return 0;
@@ -291,36 +335,9 @@ int Token::multiCompare(const char *haystack, const char *needle)
 
             ++haystack;
 
-            if (haystack[0] == '%' && haystack[1] != '|') {
-                if (haystack[1] == 'o' && // "%op%"
-                    haystack[2] == 'p' &&
-                    haystack[3] == '%') {
-                    if (strisop(needle))
-                        return 1;
-                    haystack = haystack + 4;
-                } else if (haystack[1] == 'o' && // "%or%"
-                           haystack[2] == 'r' &&
-                           haystack[3] == '%') {
-                    if (*needle == '|')
-                        return 1;
-                    haystack = haystack + 4;
-                } else if (haystack[1] == 'o' && // "%oror%"
-                           haystack[2] == 'r' &&
-                           haystack[3] == 'o' &&
-                           haystack[4] == 'r' &&
-                           haystack[5] == '%') {
-                    if (needle[0] == '|' && needle[1] == '|')
-                        return 1;
-                    haystack = haystack + 6;
-                }
-
-                if (*haystack == '|')
-                    haystack++;
-                else if (*haystack == ' ' || *haystack == '\0')
-                    return emptyStringFound ? 0 : -1;
-                else
-                    return -1;
-            }
+            int ret = multiComparePercent(&haystack, needle, emptyStringFound);
+            if (ret < 2)
+                return ret;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/token.h b/lib/token.h
index a1425ea5a..76762ad66 100644
--- a/lib/token.h
+++ b/lib/token.h
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ public:
      * - "!!else" No tokens or any token that is not "else".
      * - "someRandomText" If token contains "someRandomText".
      *
+     * multi-compare patterns such as "int|void|char" can contain %or%, %oror% and %op%
+     * but it is not recommended to put such an %cmd% as the first pattern.
+     *
      * The patterns can be also combined to compare to multiple tokens at once
      * by separating tokens with a space, e.g.
      * ") const|void {" will return true if first token is ')' next token is either
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 9a08ed16a..2034af759 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -1869,7 +1869,10 @@ bool Tokenizer::tokenize(std::istream &code,
 
     // token concatenation
     for (Token *tok = _tokens; tok; tok = tok->next()) {
-        if (Token::Match(tok, "%var%|%num% ## %var%|%num%")) {
+        // TODO: pattern should be "%var%|%num% ## %var%|%num%"
+        if (Token::Match(tok, "%any% ## %any%") &&
+            (tok->isName() || tok->isNumber()) &&
+            (tok->tokAt(2)->isName() || tok->tokAt(2)->isNumber())) {
             tok->str(tok->str() + tok->strAt(2));
             tok->deleteNext();
             tok->deleteNext();
diff --git a/test/testtoken.cpp b/test/testtoken.cpp
index 93a4f4f26..07de35575 100644
--- a/test/testtoken.cpp
+++ b/test/testtoken.cpp
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@ private:
     void multiCompare2() { // #3294
         // Original pattern that failed: [[,(=<>+-*|&^] %num% [+-*/] %num% ]|,|)|;|=|%op%
         givenACodeSampleToTokenize toks("a == 1");
-        // FIXME: Result should be true
-        ASSERT_EQUALS(false, Token::Match(toks.tokens(), "a =|%op%"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(true, Token::Match(toks.tokens(), "a =|%op%"));
     }
 
     void getStrLength() {