diff --git a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
index 68a442d17..58917d101 100644
--- a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
+++ b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ std::list<TemplateSimplifier::TokenAndName> TemplateSimplifier::getTemplateDecla
         if (!tok->tokAt(2))
             syntaxError(tok->next());
         if (tok->strAt(2)=="typename" &&
-            (!tok->tokAt(3) || !Token::Match(tok->tokAt(3), "%name%|.|,|>")))
+            !Token::Match(tok->tokAt(3), "%name%|.|,|>"))
             syntaxError(tok->next());
         codeWithTemplates = true;
         Token *parmEnd = tok->next()->findClosingBracket();