diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 0ef0c958b..c2233a0c6 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -1630,7 +1630,7 @@ void Function::addArguments(const SymbolDatabase *symbolDatabase, const Scope *s
             // skip default values
             if (tok->str() == "=") {
                 while (tok->str() != "," && tok->str() != ")") {
-                    if (tok->link())
+                    if (tok->link() && Token::Match(tok, "[{[(<]"))
                         tok = tok->link();
                     tok = tok->next();
                 }
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index 6777f66af..b9b34552e 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(symboldatabase28);
 
         TEST_CASE(isImplicitlyVirtual);
+
+        TEST_CASE(garbage);
     }
 
     void array() {
@@ -1380,6 +1382,11 @@ private:
             ASSERT(db && db->findScopeByName("Deri") && db->findScopeByName("Deri")->functionList.front().isImplicitlyVirtual(false)); // Default false, but we saw "virtual" -> true
         }
     }
+
+    void garbage() {
+        GET_SYMBOL_DB("void f( { u = 1 ; } ) { }");
+        (void)db;
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestSymbolDatabase)