diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 1e2c31ba8..0b92554a5 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2343,6 +2343,9 @@ static bool setVarIdParseDeclaration(const Token **tok, const std::map<std::stri
             }
         } else if (!c && ((TemplateSimplifier::templateParameters(tok2) > 0) ||
                           Token::simpleMatch(tok2, "< >") /* Ticket #4764 */)) {
+            const Token *start = *tok;
+            if (Token::Match(start->previous(), "%or%|%oror%|&&|&|^|+|-|*|/"))
+                return false;
             const Token * tok3 = tok2->findClosingBracket();
             if (tok3 == nullptr) { /* Ticket #8151 */
                 throw tok2;
@@ -2351,6 +2354,14 @@ static bool setVarIdParseDeclaration(const Token **tok, const std::map<std::stri
             if (tok2->str() != ">")
                 break;
             singleNameCount = 1;
+            if (Token::Match(tok2, "> %name% %or%|%oror%|&&|&|^|+|-|*|/"))
+                return false;
+            if (Token::Match(tok2, "> %name% )")) {
+                if (Token::Match(tok2->linkAt(2)->previous(), "if|for|while ("))
+                    return false;
+                if (!Token::Match(tok2->linkAt(2)->previous(), "%name% ("))
+                    return false;
+            }
         } else if (Token::Match(tok2, "&|&&")) {
             ref = !bracket;
         } else if (singleNameCount == 1 && Token::Match(tok2, "( [*&]") && Token::Match(tok2->link()->next(), "(|[")) {
diff --git a/test/testvarid.cpp b/test/testvarid.cpp
index 698ae153f..3d35b94a0 100644
--- a/test/testvarid.cpp
+++ b/test/testvarid.cpp
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(varid_templateArray);
         TEST_CASE(varid_templateParameter); // #7046 set varid for "X":  std::array<int,X> Y;
         TEST_CASE(varid_templateUsing); // #5781 #7273
+        TEST_CASE(varid_not_template_in_condition); // #7988
         TEST_CASE(varid_cppcast); // #6190
         TEST_CASE(varid_variadicFunc);
         TEST_CASE(varid_typename); // #4644
@@ -2121,6 +2122,20 @@ private:
                            tokenize(code));
     }
 
+    void varid_not_template_in_condition() {
+        const char code1[] = "void f() { if (x<a||x>b); }";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("1: void f ( ) { if ( x < a || x > b ) { ; } }\n", tokenize(code1));
+
+        const char code2[] = "void f() { if (1+x<a||x>b); }";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("1: void f ( ) { if ( 1 + x < a || x > b ) { ; } }\n", tokenize(code2));
+
+        const char code3[] = "void f() { if (x<a||x>b+1); }";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("1: void f ( ) { if ( x < a || x > b + 1 ) { ; } }\n", tokenize(code3));
+
+        const char code4[] = "void f() { if ((x==13) && (x<a||x>b)); }";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("1: void f ( ) { if ( ( x == 13 ) && ( x < a || x > b ) ) { ; } }\n", tokenize(code4));
+    }
+
     void varid_cppcast() {
         ASSERT_EQUALS("1: const_cast < int * > ( code ) [ 0 ] = 0 ;\n",
                       tokenize("const_cast<int *>(code)[0] = 0;"));