diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index d4fd65559..47a1f9ccc 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2389,6 +2389,14 @@ bool Tokenizer::tokenize(std::istream &code,
                     break;
             }
 
+            // skip executing scopes (ticket #3183)..
+            if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "( {"))
+            {
+                tok = tok->next()->link();
+                if (!tok)
+                    break;
+            }
+
             // skip executing scopes (ticket #1985)..
             if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "try {"))
             {
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 754de6c50..1d919dec8 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -4582,6 +4582,16 @@ private:
             ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
         }
 
+        // ok code (ticket #3183)
+        {
+            errout.str();
+            std::istringstream istr("MACRO(({ i < x }))");
+            Settings settings;
+            Tokenizer tokenizer(&settings, this);
+            tokenizer.tokenize(istr, "test.cpp");
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+        }
+
         // bad code.. missing ">"
         {
             errout.str("");