diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 5f3aa734a..101e375e1 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -742,14 +742,16 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTypedef()
             typeStart = tokOffset;
 
             while (Token::Match(tokOffset, "const|struct|enum %type%") ||
-                   (tokOffset->next() && tokOffset->next()->isStandardType()))
+                   (tokOffset->next() && tokOffset->next()->isStandardType() && !Token::Match(tokOffset->next(), "%name% ;")))
                 tokOffset = tokOffset->next();
 
             typeEnd = tokOffset;
-            tokOffset = tokOffset->next();
+            if (!Token::Match(tokOffset->next(), "%name% ;"))
+                tokOffset = tokOffset->next();
 
             while (Token::Match(tokOffset, "%type%") &&
-                   (tokOffset->isStandardType() || Token::Match(tokOffset, "unsigned|signed"))) {
+                   (tokOffset->isStandardType() || Token::Match(tokOffset, "unsigned|signed")) &&
+                   !Token::Match(tokOffset->next(), "%name% ;")) {
                 typeEnd = tokOffset;
                 tokOffset = tokOffset->next();
             }
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp b/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
index 6929df7a2..005d2e304 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
@@ -2545,11 +2545,12 @@ private:
 
     void simplifyTypedef124() { // ticket #7792
         const char code[] = "typedef long unsigned int size_t;\n"
-                            "typedef size_t (my_func)(char *, size_t, size_t, void *);";
+                            "typedef size_t (my_func)(char *, size_t, size_t, void *);"
+                            "size_t f(size_t s);";
 
-        // Check for output..
-        checkSimplifyTypedef(code);
-        ASSERT_EQUALS_WITHOUT_LINENUMBERS("[test.cpp:1]: (debug) Failed to parse 'typedef long unsigned int size_t ;'. The checking continues anyway.\n", errout.str());
+        const char exp[] = "long f ( long s ) ;";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(exp, tok(code, /*simplify*/ true));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
         const char code1[] = "typedef long unsigned int uint32_t;\n"
                              "typedef uint32_t (my_func)(char *, uint32_t, uint32_t, void *);";