diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index c30f9db3d..acc7f93bc 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -540,7 +540,10 @@ static void compileTerm(Token *&tok, AST_state& state)
             if (tok->link() != tok->next()) {
                 state.inArrayAssignment++;
                 compileUnaryOp(tok, state, compileExpression);
-                state.inArrayAssignment--;
+                while (Token::Match(tok, "} [,}]") && state.inArrayAssignment > 0U) {
+                    tok = tok->next();
+                    state.inArrayAssignment--;
+                }
             } else {
                 state.op.push(tok);
             }
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index ffbadc4d0..9d727b261 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -8598,6 +8598,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("name_bytes[bits~unusedBits>>unusedBits<<{=", testAst("const uint8_t name_bytes[] = { (~bits >> unusedBits) << unusedBits };"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("abuf0{={=", testAst("a = { .buf = { 0 } };"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("tset{=", testAst("struct cgroup_taskset tset = {};"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("s1a&,{2b&,{,{=", testAst("s = { {1, &a}, {2, &b} };"));
 
         // template paratheses: <>
         ASSERT_EQUALS("stdfabs::m_similarity(numeric_limitsepsilon::(<=return", testAst("return std::fabs(m_similarity) <= numeric_limits<double>::epsilon();")); // #6195