diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index e5f0ec8cf..d4ed68218 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -388,14 +388,18 @@ static Token * findCppTypeInitPar(Token *tok)
 {
     if (!tok || !Token::Match(tok->previous(), "[,()] %name%"))
         return nullptr;
+    bool istype = false;
     while (Token::Match(tok, "%name%|::|<")) {
         if (tok->str() == "<") {
             tok = tok->link();
             if (!tok)
                 return nullptr;
         }
+        istype |= tok->isStandardType();
         tok = tok->next();
     }
+    if (!istype)
+        return nullptr;
     if (!Token::Match(tok, "[*&]"))
         return nullptr;
     while (Token::Match(tok, "[*&]"))
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 566824d2a..78e1810ca 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -8039,6 +8039,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("fint(0,(", testAst("f(int(),0);"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("f(0,(", testAst("f(int *(),0);"));  // typedef int* X; f(X(),0);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("f((0,(", testAst("f((intp)int *(),0);"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("zx1(&y2(&|=", testAst("z = (x & (unsigned)1) | (y & (unsigned)2);")); // not type()
 
         // for
         ASSERT_EQUALS("for;;(", testAst("for(;;)"));