diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index 2a695d503..9b410d977 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ static void compilePrecedence2(Token *&tok, AST_state& state)
             const std::size_t oldOpSize = state.op.size();
             compileExpression(tok, state);
             tok = tok2;
-            if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "} (")
+            if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->previous(), "} (")
                 || (tok->previous() && tok->previous()->isName() && !Token::Match(tok->previous(), "return|case") && (!state.cpp || !Token::Match(tok->previous(), "throw|delete")))
                 || (tok->strAt(-1) == "]" && (!state.cpp || !Token::Match(tok->linkAt(-1)->previous(), "new|delete")))
                 || (tok->strAt(-1) == ">" && tok->linkAt(-1))