diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 749501c40..3d963adff 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ SymbolDatabase::SymbolDatabase(const Tokenizer *tokenizer, const Settings *setti
                         scopeList.push_back(Scope(this, tok->linkAt(-1)->linkAt(-1), scope, Scope::eLambda, tok));
                         scope->nestedList.push_back(&scopeList.back());
                         scope = &scopeList.back();
-                    } else if (!Token::Match(tok->previous(), "=|,|(|return")) {
+                    } else if (!Token::Match(tok->previous(), "=|,|(|return") && !(tok->strAt(-1) == ")" && Token::Match(tok->linkAt(-1)->previous(), "=|,|(|return"))) {
                         scopeList.push_back(Scope(this, tok, scope, Scope::eUnconditional, tok));
                         scope->nestedList.push_back(&scopeList.back());
                         scope = &scopeList.back();
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index 95a2947f6..9a0118df6 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(symboldatabase42); // only put variables in variable list
         TEST_CASE(symboldatabase43); // #4738
         TEST_CASE(symboldatabase44);
+        TEST_CASE(symboldatabase45); // #6125
 
         TEST_CASE(isImplicitlyVirtual);
 
@@ -1926,6 +1927,37 @@ private:
             ASSERT(db->getVariableFromVarId(i) != nullptr);
     }
 
+    void symboldatabase45() {
+        GET_SYMBOL_DB("typedef struct {\n"
+                      "    unsigned long bits;\n"
+                      "} S;\n"
+                      "struct T {\n"
+                      "    S span;\n"
+                      "    int flags;\n"
+                      "};\n"
+                      "struct T f(int x) {\n"
+                      "    return (struct T) {\n"
+                      "        .span = (S) { 0UL },\n"
+                      "        .flags = (x ? 256 : 0),\n"
+                      "    };\n"
+                      "}");
+
+        ASSERT(db != nullptr);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(4U, db->getVariableListSize() - 1);
+        for (std::size_t i = 1U; i < db->getVariableListSize(); i++)
+            ASSERT(db->getVariableFromVarId(i) != nullptr);
+
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(4U, db->scopeList.size());
+        std::list<Scope>::const_iterator scope = db->scopeList.begin();
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(Scope::eGlobal, scope->type);
+        ++scope;
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(Scope::eStruct, scope->type);
+        ++scope;
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(Scope::eStruct, scope->type);
+        ++scope;
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(Scope::eFunction, scope->type);
+    }
+
     void isImplicitlyVirtual() {
         {
             GET_SYMBOL_DB("class Base {\n"