diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index ea2d3b507..e8ecf1e93 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2792,7 +2792,7 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarId()
 
             const Token* tokStart = tok->tokAt(2);
             while (tokStart && tokStart->str() != "{") {
-                if (Token::Match(tokStart, "public|private|protected"))
+                if (Token::Match(tokStart, "public|private|protected %name%"))
                     tokStart = tokStart->next();
                 if (tokStart->strAt(1) == "," || tokStart->strAt(1) == "{")
                     varlist[classname].insert(varlist[tokStart->str()].begin(), varlist[tokStart->str()].end());
diff --git a/test/testgarbage.cpp b/test/testgarbage.cpp
index 6ea33889c..2782ae82c 100644
--- a/test/testgarbage.cpp
+++ b/test/testgarbage.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(garbageCode41); // #6685
         TEST_CASE(garbageCode42); // #5760
         TEST_CASE(garbageCode43); // #6703
+        TEST_CASE(garbageCode44); // #6704
 
         TEST_CASE(garbageValueFlow);
         TEST_CASE(garbageSymbolDatabase);
@@ -475,6 +476,10 @@ private:
         checkCode("int { }; struct A<void> a = { }");
     }
 
+    void garbageCode44() { // #6704
+        ASSERT_THROW(checkCode("{ { }; }; { class A : }; public typedef b;"), InternalError);
+    }
+
     void garbageValueFlow() {
         // #6089
         const char* code = "{} int foo(struct, x1, struct x2, x3, int, x5, x6, x7)\n"