diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index e8fe0205f..0b2b2d122 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTypedef()
                         tok2 = tok2->next();
 
                         // skip over name
-                        if (tok2 && tok2->next() && tok2->next()->str() != ")") {
+                        if (tok2->next() && tok2->next()->str() != ")") {
                             if (tok2->next()->str() != "(")
                                 tok2 = tok2->next();