diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 992449e39..19865dd53 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -7026,6 +7026,20 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyRedundantParentheses()
             tok->deleteThis();
             ret = true;
         }
+
+        if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "*|& ( %var% )")) {
+            // We may have a variable declaration looking like "type_name *(var_name)"
+            Token *tok2 = tok->tokAt(-2);
+            while (tok2 && Token::Match(tok2, "%type%|static|const|extern") && tok2->str() != "operator") {
+                tok2 = tok2->previous();
+            }
+            if (tok2 && !Token::Match(tok2, "[;,{]")) {
+                // Not a variable declaration
+            } else {
+                tok->deleteThis();
+                tok->deleteNext();
+            }
+        }
     }
     return ret;
 }
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index f13dceeb0..dd03dd7cc 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(removeParentheses19);      // ((typeof(x) *)0)
         TEST_CASE(removeParentheses20);      // Ticket #5479: a<b<int>>(2);
         TEST_CASE(removeParentheses21);      // Don't "simplify" casts
+        TEST_CASE(removeParentheses22);
 
         TEST_CASE(tokenize_double);
         TEST_CASE(tokenize_strings);
@@ -5751,6 +5752,20 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("a = ( int ) - b ;", tokenizeAndStringify("a = ((int)-b);", false));
     }
 
+    void removeParentheses22() {
+        static char code[] = "struct S { "
+                             "char *(a); "
+                             "char &(b); "
+                             "const static char *(c); "
+                             "} ;";
+        static char  exp[] = "struct S { "
+                             "char * a ; "
+                             "char & b ; "
+                             "const static char * c ; "
+                             "} ;";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(exp, tokenizeAndStringify(code));
+    }
+
     void tokenize_double() {
         const char code[] = "void f()\n"
                             "{\n"