diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index cdf99a945..f1c4a8bbc 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2637,11 +2637,12 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarId()
     for (Token *tok = list.front(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
 
         // scope info to handle shadow variables..
-        if (tok->str() == "(" && Token::simpleMatch(tok->link(), ") {")) {
+        if (tok->str() == "(" &&
+            (Token::simpleMatch(tok->link(), ") {") || Token::Match(tok->link(), ") %type% {"))) {
             scopeInfo.push(variableId);
         } else if (tok->str() == "{") {
             scopestartvarid.push(_varId);
-            if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->previous(), ")")) {
+            if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->previous(), ")") || Token::Match(tok->tokAt(-2), ") %type%")) {
                 executableScope.push(true);
             } else {
                 executableScope.push(executableScope.top());
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index addf93642..30887fb69 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(varid45); // #3466
         TEST_CASE(varid46); // struct varname
         TEST_CASE(varid47); // function parameters
+        TEST_CASE(varid48); // #3785 - return (a*b)
         TEST_CASE(varid_cpp_keywords_in_c_code);
         TEST_CASE(varidFunctionCall1);
         TEST_CASE(varidFunctionCall2);
@@ -3241,6 +3242,13 @@ private:
                       tokenizeDebugListing(code, false, "test.cpp"));
     }
 
+    void varid48() {  // #3785 - return (a*b)
+        const std::string code("int X::f(int b) const { return(a*b); }");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("\n\n##file 0\n"
+                      "1: int X :: f ( int b@1 ) const { return ( a * b@1 ) ; }\n",
+                      tokenizeDebugListing(code, false, "test.c"));
+    }
+
     void varid_cpp_keywords_in_c_code() {
         const char code[] = "void f() {\n"
                             "    delete d;\n"