diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 2956fe17d..3680f40d3 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2912,7 +2912,7 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarIdNew()
 
             // Variable declaration can't start with "return", etc
             if (tok2->str() == "return" || tok2->str() == "NOT" || tok2->str() == "goto" ||
-                (!isC() && (tok2->str() == "delete" || tok2->str() == "throw")))
+                (!isC() && (tok2->str() == "delete" || tok2->str() == "throw" || tok2->str() == "using")))
                 continue;
 
             const bool decl = setVarIdParseDeclaration(&tok2, variableId, executableScope.top());