diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 263168a33..8814f636a 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -8445,9 +8445,12 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyAttribute()
                 if (!tok->next()->link()->next())
                     syntaxError(tok);
 
-                if (tok->next()->link()->next()->str() == "void") // __attribute__((destructor)) void func() {}
+                if (tok->next()->link()->next()->str() == "void")  {
+                    // __attribute__((destructor)) void func() {}
+                    if (!tok->next()->link()->next()->next())
+                        syntaxError(tok);
                     tok->next()->link()->next()->next()->isAttributeDestructor(true);
-                else if (tok->next()->link()->next()->str() == ";" && tok->linkAt(-1) && tok->previous()->link()->previous()) // void func() __attribute__((destructor));
+                } else if (tok->next()->link()->next()->str() == ";" && tok->linkAt(-1) && tok->previous()->link()->previous()) // void func() __attribute__((destructor));
                     tok->previous()->link()->previous()->isAttributeDestructor(true);
                 else // void __attribute__((destructor)) func() {}
                     tok->next()->link()->next()->isAttributeDestructor(true);
diff --git a/test/testgarbage.cpp b/test/testgarbage.cpp
index 0141b3637..c4b2852e7 100644
--- a/test/testgarbage.cpp
+++ b/test/testgarbage.cpp
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(garbageCode182); // #4195
         TEST_CASE(garbageCode183); // #7505
         TEST_CASE(garbageCode184); // #7699
+        TEST_CASE(garbageCode185); // #7816
         TEST_CASE(garbageValueFlow);
         TEST_CASE(garbageSymbolDatabase);
         TEST_CASE(garbageAST);
@@ -1431,6 +1432,10 @@ private:
                   "}");
     }
 
+    void garbageCode185() { // #7816
+        checkCode("__attribute__((destructor)) void");
+    }
+
     void syntaxErrorFirstToken() {
         ASSERT_THROW(checkCode("&operator(){[]};"), InternalError); // #7818
         ASSERT_THROW(checkCode("*(*const<> (size_t); foo) { } *(*const (size_t)() ; foo) { }"), InternalError); // #6858