diff --git a/lib/checkautovariables.cpp b/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
index 50d8e9fec..cd215964b 100644
--- a/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
@@ -563,7 +563,9 @@ static const Token* getParentLifetime(bool cpp, const Token* tok, const Library*
             const Token* dotTok = tok2->next();
             if (!Token::simpleMatch(dotTok, ".")) {
                 const Token* endTok = nextAfterAstRightmostLeaf(tok2);
-                if (Token::simpleMatch(endTok, "."))
+                if (!endTok)
+                    dotTok = tok2->next();
+                else if (Token::simpleMatch(endTok, "."))
                     dotTok = endTok;
                 else if (Token::simpleMatch(endTok->next(), "."))
                     dotTok = endTok->next();
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 102dab9c5..09380a426 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ private:
         // #9052
         TEST_CASE(noCrash1);
         TEST_CASE(noCrash2);
-
         TEST_CASE(noCrash3);
+        TEST_CASE(noCrash4);
 
         // --check-config
         TEST_CASE(checkConfiguration);
@@ -6963,6 +6963,15 @@ private:
         ASSERT_NO_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify("void a(X<int> x, typename Y1::Y2<int, A::B::C, 2> y, Z z = []{});"));
     }
 
+    void noCrash4()
+    {
+        ASSERT_NO_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify("static int foo() {\n"
+                                             "    zval ref ;\n"
+                                             "    p = &(ref).value;\n"
+                                             "    return result ;\n"
+                                             "}\n"));
+    }
+
     void checkConfig(const char code[]) {
         errout.str("");