diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 899e92ab1..f3c36234c 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -7018,12 +7018,18 @@ bool Tokenizer::duplicateDefinition(Token ** tokPtr, const Token * name) const
                     }
                 }
             } else {
-                // look backwards
-                if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "enum|,") ||
-                    (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "%type%") &&
-                     tok->previous()->str() != "return")) {
+                if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "enum|,")) {
                     duplicateEnumError(*tokPtr, name, "Variable");
                     return true;
+                } else if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "%type%")) {
+                    // look backwards
+                    const Token *back = tok;
+                    while (back && back->isName())
+                        back = back->previous();
+                    if (!back || Token::Match(back, "[(,;{}] !!return")) {
+                        duplicateEnumError(*tokPtr, name, "Variable");
+                        return true;
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
index e18629841..1b88e2fab 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(enum33); // ticket #4015 (segmentation fault)
         TEST_CASE(enum34); // ticket #4141 (division by zero)
         TEST_CASE(enumscope1); // ticket #3949
+        TEST_CASE(duplicateDefinition); // ticket #3565
 
         // remove "std::" on some standard functions
         TEST_CASE(removestd);
@@ -7176,6 +7177,15 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("void foo ( ) { } void bar ( ) { int a ; a = A ; }", checkSimplifyEnum(code));
     }
 
+    void duplicateDefinition() { // #3565 - wrongly detects duplicate definition
+        const Settings settings;
+        Tokenizer tokenizer(&settings, NULL);
+        std::istringstream istr("x ; return a not_eq x;");
+        tokenizer.tokenize(istr, "test.c");
+        Token *tok = (Token *)(tokenizer.tokens()->tokAt(5));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(false, tokenizer.duplicateDefinition(&tok, tokenizer.tokens()));
+    }
+
     void removestd() {
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; strcpy ( a , b ) ;", tok("; std::strcpy(a,b);"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; strcat ( a , b ) ;", tok("; std::strcat(a,b);"));