diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index b0fc121dd..d961a9f6e 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -4085,6 +4085,7 @@ void VariableMap::addVariable(const std::string& varname, bool globalNamespace)
 
 static bool setVarIdParseDeclaration(Token** tok, const VariableMap& variableMap, bool executableScope, bool cpp, bool c)
 {
+    const Token* const tok1 = *tok;
     Token* tok2 = *tok;
     if (!tok2->isName())
         return false;
@@ -4209,13 +4210,15 @@ static bool setVarIdParseDeclaration(Token** tok, const VariableMap& variableMap
 
     // Check if array declaration is valid (#2638)
     // invalid declaration: AAA a[4] = 0;
-    if (typeCount >= 2 && executableScope && tok2 && tok2->str() == "[") {
-        const Token *tok3 = tok2->link()->next();
+    if (typeCount >= 2 && executableScope && Token::Match(tok2, ")| [")) {
+        const Token *tok3 = tok2->str() == ")" ? tok2->next() : tok2;
         while (tok3 && tok3->str() == "[") {
             tok3 = tok3->link()->next();
         }
         if (Token::Match(tok3, "= %num%"))
             return false;
+        if (bracket && Token::Match(tok1->previous(), "[(,]") && Token::Match(tok3, "[,)]"))
+            return false;
     }
 
     return (typeCount >= 2 && tok2 && Token::Match(tok2->tokAt(-2), "!!:: %type%"));
diff --git a/test/testvarid.cpp b/test/testvarid.cpp
index 55b64b93b..1fdd495e7 100644
--- a/test/testvarid.cpp
+++ b/test/testvarid.cpp
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(varid65); // #10936
         TEST_CASE(varid66);
         TEST_CASE(varid67); // #11711 - NOT function pointer
+        TEST_CASE(varid68); // #11740 - switch (str_chars(&strOut)[0])
         TEST_CASE(varid_for_1);
         TEST_CASE(varid_for_2);
         TEST_CASE(varid_cpp_keywords_in_c_code);
@@ -1225,6 +1226,21 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(expected1, tokenize(code1, "test.c"));
     }
 
+    void varid68() { // #11740
+        const char code1[] = "struct S {};\n"
+                             "char* str_chars(struct S* s);\n"
+                             "void f(struct S strOut) {\n"
+                             "	 switch (str_chars(&strOut)[0])  {}\n"
+                             "}";
+        const char expected1[] = "1: struct S { } ;\n"
+                                 "2: char * str_chars ( struct S * s@1 ) ;\n"
+                                 "3: void f ( struct S strOut@2 ) {\n"
+                                 "4: switch ( str_chars ( & strOut@2 ) [ 0 ] ) { }\n"
+                                 "5: }\n";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(expected1, tokenize(code1, "test.c"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(expected1, tokenize(code1, "test.cpp"));
+    }
+
     void varid_for_1() {
         const char code[] = "void foo(int a, int b) {\n"
                             "  for (int a=1,b=2;;) {}\n"