diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 5375c709f..f126bae84 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -3389,9 +3389,6 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarId()
         if (tok && tok->str() == "friend")
             continue;
 
-        if (Token::Match(tok, "class|struct %type% ;"))
-            continue;
-
         // skip global namespace prefix
         if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "::"))
             tok = tok->next();
@@ -3497,6 +3494,9 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarId()
             tok2 = tok2->next();
         }
 
+        if (Token::Match(tok2 ? tok2->tokAt(-2) : 0, "class|struct %type% ;"))
+            continue;
+
         // End of tokens reached..
         if (!tok2)
             break;
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 61a755b25..6e9440ff2 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(varid35);   // ticket #2937
         TEST_CASE(varid36);   // ticket #2980 (segmentation fault)
         TEST_CASE(varid37);   // ticket #3092 (varid for 'Bar bar(*this);')
+        TEST_CASE(varid38);   // ticket #3272 (varid for 'FOO class C;')
         TEST_CASE(varidFunctionCall1);
         TEST_CASE(varidFunctionCall2);
         TEST_CASE(varidFunctionCall3);
@@ -2947,6 +2948,12 @@ private:
                       tokenizeDebugListing(code));
     }
 
+    void varid38() {
+        const std::string code = "FOO class C;\n";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("\n\n##file 0\n"
+                      "1: FOO class C ;\n",
+                      tokenizeDebugListing(code));
+    }
 
     void varidFunctionCall1() {
         const std::string code("void f() {\n"