diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index fcd7ddb40..c37528c40 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -670,7 +670,18 @@ void CheckOther::switchCaseFallThrough(const Token *tok)
 void CheckOther::checkCoutCerrMisusage()
 {
     bool firstCout = false;
+    unsigned int roundbraces = 0;
     for (const Token *tok = _tokenizer->tokens(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
+        if (tok->str() == "(")
+            ++roundbraces;
+        else if (tok->str() == ")") {
+            if (!roundbraces)
+                break;
+            --roundbraces;
+        }
+        if (roundbraces)
+            continue;
+
         if (Token::Match(tok, "std :: cout|cerr")) {
             if (firstCout && tok->strAt(-1) == "<<" && tok->strAt(3) != ".") {
                 coutCerrMisusageError(tok, tok->strAt(2));
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 338b48dbf..7987765f6 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -3782,6 +3782,12 @@ private:
             "  std::cout << std::cout.good();\n"
             "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        check(
+            "void foo() {\n"
+            "  MACRO(std::cout <<, << std::cout)\n"
+            "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 };