diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 1cfd6e6a6..94bca1f99 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -1884,6 +1884,8 @@ namespace {
         }
 
         bool findTypeInBase(const std::string &scope) const {
+            if (scope.empty())
+                return false;
             // check in base types first
             if (baseTypes.find(scope) != baseTypes.end())
                 return true;
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 141251a42..56ed5fe63 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -6901,6 +6901,14 @@ private:
                                              "  ~a();\n"
                                              "};\n"
                                              "void d() { a::b<int>(); }\n"));
+
+        // #11090
+        ASSERT_NO_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify("using a = char;\n"
+                                             "using c = int;\n"
+                                             "template <typename = void> struct d {};\n"
+                                             "using b = c;\n"
+                                             "template <> struct d<b> : d<a> {};\n"
+                                             "template <> struct d<> : d<a> {};\n"));
     }
 
     void checkNamespaces() {