diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 702b5082a..21c3dfe2a 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -4126,9 +4126,12 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyInitVar()
 {
     for (Token *tok = _tokens; tok; tok = tok->next())
     {
-        if (Token::Match(tok, "[{};] %type% *| %var% ( %num% ) ;") &&
-            tok->next()->isStandardType())
+        if (Token::Match(tok, "[{};] %type% *| %var% ( %num% ) ;"))
         {
+            // call constructor of class => no simplification
+            if (!tok->next()->isStandardType() && tok->tokAt(2)->str() != "*")
+                continue;
+
             // goto variable name..
             tok = tok->tokAt(2);
             if (tok->str() == "*")
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
index 5ad45465c..a34d3d794 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
@@ -3237,8 +3237,20 @@ private:
     void simplifyInitVar()
     {
         // ticket #1005 - int *p(0); => int *p = 0;
-        const char code[] = "void foo() { int *p(0); }";
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("void foo ( ) { int * p ; p = 0 ; }", tok(code));
+        {
+            const char code[] = "void foo() { int *p(0); }";
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("void foo ( ) { int * p ; p = 0 ; }", tok(code));
+        }
+
+        {
+            const char code[] = "void foo() { int p(0); }";
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("void foo ( ) { int p ; p = 0 ; }", tok(code));
+        }
+
+        {
+            const char code[] = "void a() { foo *p(0); }";
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("void a ( ) { foo * p ; p = 0 ; }", tok(code));
+        }
     }
 };