diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index 5f33baca5..884c96181 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -650,6 +650,9 @@ static bool isPrefixUnary(const Token* tok, bool cpp)
             && (tok->previous()->tokType() != Token::eIncDecOp || tok->tokType() == Token::eIncDecOp)))
         return true;
 
+    if (tok->str() == "*" && tok->previous()->tokType() == Token::eIncDecOp && isPrefixUnary(tok->previous(), cpp))
+        return true;
+
     return tok->strAt(-1) == ")" && iscast(tok->linkAt(-1));
 }
 
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 794cd4b50..213c1e355 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -8466,6 +8466,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("xreturn", testAst("return x;"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("x(throw", testAst(";throw x();"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("a*bc:?return", testAst("return *a ? b : c;"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("xy*--=", testAst("x = -- * y;"));
 
         // Unary :: operator
         ASSERT_EQUALS("abcd::12,(e/:?=", testAst("a = b ? c : ::d(1,2) / e;"));