diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 76db9bdff..e72c5d24a 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -9215,10 +9215,10 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyQtSignalsSlots()
                 else
                     --indentlevel;
             }
-
-            if (tok2->strAt(1) == "Q_OBJECT") {
+            if (tok2->strAt(1) == "Q_OBJECT")
                 tok2->deleteNext();
-            } else if (Token::Match(tok2->next(), "public|protected|private slots|Q_SLOTS :")) {
+
+            if (Token::Match(tok2->next(), "public|protected|private slots|Q_SLOTS :")) {
                 tok2 = tok2->next();
                 tok2->str(tok2->str() + ":");
                 tok2->deleteNext(2);
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index bd4984efe..90d2e31e1 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(findFunction8);
         TEST_CASE(findFunction9);
         TEST_CASE(findFunction10); // #7673
+        TEST_CASE(findFunction11);
 
         TEST_CASE(noexceptFunction1);
         TEST_CASE(noexceptFunction2);
@@ -3417,6 +3418,19 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(true, db && f && f->function() && f->function()->tokenDef->linenr() == 2);
     }
 
+    void findFunction11() {
+        GET_SYMBOL_DB("class Fred : public QObject {\n"
+                      "    Q_OBJECT\n"
+                      "private slots:\n"
+                      "    void foo();\n"
+                      "};\n"
+                      "void Fred::foo() { }");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        const Token *f = Token::findsimplematch(tokenizer.tokens(), "foo ( ) {");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(true, db && f && f->function() && f->function()->tokenDef->linenr() == 4);
+    }
+
 #define FUNC(x) const Function *x = findFunctionByName(#x, &db->scopeList.front()); \
                 ASSERT_EQUALS(true, x != nullptr);                                  \
                 if (x) ASSERT_EQUALS(true, x->isNoExcept());
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 0294f5658..45c66b5ab 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -5625,6 +5625,16 @@ private:
 
         ASSERT_EQUALS(result3, tokenizeAndStringify(code3,false));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        const char code4[] = "class MyObject : public QObject {"
+                             "    Q_OBJECT "
+                             "public slots:"
+                             "};";
+        const char result4[] = "class MyObject : public QObject { "
+                               "public: "
+                               "} ;";
+
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(result4, tokenizeAndStringify(code4,false));
     }
 
     void simplifySQL() {