diff --git a/lib/checkclass.cpp b/lib/checkclass.cpp
index 04bfdf591..37eee7fbc 100644
--- a/lib/checkclass.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkclass.cpp
@@ -878,8 +878,8 @@ void CheckClass::operatorEqRetRefThis()
 
                     if (tok1 && tok1->next() && tok1->next()->str() == "{")
                     {
-                        const Token *last = tok1->next()->link()->tokAt(-2);
-                        for (tok1 = tok1->tokAt(2); tok1 != last; tok1 = tok1->next())
+                        const Token *last = tok1->next()->link();
+                        for (tok1 = tok1->tokAt(2); tok1 && tok1 != last; tok1 = tok1->next())
                         {
                             // check for return of reference to this
                             if (tok1->str() == "return")
@@ -930,8 +930,8 @@ void CheckClass::operatorEqRetRefThis()
 
                     if (tok1 && tok1->next() && tok1->next()->str() == "{")
                     {
-                        const Token *last = tok1->next()->link()->tokAt(-2);
-                        for (tok1 = tok1->tokAt(2); tok1 != last; tok1 = tok1->next())
+                        const Token *last = tok1->next()->link();
+                        for (tok1 = tok1->tokAt(2); tok1 && tok1 != last; tok1 = tok1->next())
                         {
                             // check for return of reference to this
                             if (tok1->str() == "return")
diff --git a/test/testclass.cpp b/test/testclass.cpp
index d3b0167ba..58551c2d7 100644
--- a/test/testclass.cpp
+++ b/test/testclass.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(noConstructor4);
 
         TEST_CASE(operatorEq1);
-        TEST_CASE(operatorEqRetRefThis);
+        TEST_CASE(operatorEqRetRefThis1);
+        TEST_CASE(operatorEqRetRefThis2); // ticket #1323
         TEST_CASE(operatorEqToSelf1);   // single class
         TEST_CASE(operatorEqToSelf2);   // nested class
         TEST_CASE(operatorEqToSelf3);   // multiple inheritance
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ private:
         checkClass.operatorEqRetRefThis();
     }
 
-    void operatorEqRetRefThis()
+    void operatorEqRetRefThis1()
     {
         checkOpertorEqRetRefThis(
             "class A\n"
@@ -280,6 +281,17 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:10]: (style) 'operator=' should return reference to self\n", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void operatorEqRetRefThis2()
+    {
+        // ticket # 1323
+        checkOpertorEqRetRefThis(
+            "class szp\n"
+            "{\n"
+            "  szp &operator =(int *other) {};\n"
+            "};");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     // Check that operator Equal checks for assignment to self
     void checkOpertorEqToSelf(const char code[])
     {