diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 038385450..c92f47dc6 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -5612,6 +5612,14 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyCasts()
 {
     for (Token *tok = _tokens; tok; tok = tok->next())
     {
+        // #2897 : don't remove cast in such cases:
+        // *((char *)a + 1) = 0;
+        if (!tok->isName() && Token::simpleMatch(tok->next(), "* ("))
+        {
+            tok = tok->tokAt(2)->link();
+            continue;
+        }
+
         while (Token::Match(tok->next(), "( %type% *| ) *|&| %var%") ||
                Token::Match(tok->next(), "( %type% %type% *| ) *|&| %var%") ||
                (!tok->isName() && (Token::Match(tok->next(), "( %type% * ) (") ||
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
index 640e6e707..22446ac3f 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
@@ -434,6 +434,9 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("class A { A operator* ( int ) ; } ;", tok("class A { A operator *(int); };"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("class A { A operator* ( int ) const ; } ;", tok("class A { A operator *(int) const; };"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("if ( ! p )", tok("if (p == (char *)(char *)0)"));
+
+        // no simplification as the cast may be important here. see #2897 for example
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("; * ( ( char * ) p + 1 ) = 0 ;", tok("; *((char *)p + 1) = 0;"));
     }