diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index a0b07ed61..8358c9da9 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -6868,6 +6868,9 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyRedundantParentheses()
         if (tok->str() != "(")
             continue;
 
+        if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "( {"))
+            continue;
+
         if (Token::Match(tok->link(), ") %num%")) {
             tok = tok->link();
             continue;
diff --git a/test/testvarid.cpp b/test/testvarid.cpp
index 925dfa893..bfc000227 100644
--- a/test/testvarid.cpp
+++ b/test/testvarid.cpp
@@ -1007,8 +1007,8 @@ private:
                              "}\n";
         const char expected1[] = "1: void f ( ) {\n"
                                  "2: for ( int i@1 ;\n"
-                                 "3: { for ( int i@2 ; i@2 ; ++ i@2 ) { i@2 ++ ; } i@1 ++ ; } , i@1 ;\n"
-                                 "4: { for ( int i@3 ; i@3 ; ++ i@3 ) { i@3 ++ ; } i@1 ++ ; } , i@1 ++ ) {\n"
+                                 "3: ( { for ( int i@2 ; i@2 ; ++ i@2 ) { i@2 ++ ; } i@1 ++ ; } ) , i@1 ;\n"
+                                 "4: ( { for ( int i@3 ; i@3 ; ++ i@3 ) { i@3 ++ ; } i@1 ++ ; } ) , i@1 ++ ) {\n"
                                  "5: i@1 ++ ;\n"
                                  "6: }\n"
                                  "7: }\n";