diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 099a5280c..2bd7a7174 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ SymbolDatabase::SymbolDatabase(const Tokenizer *tokenizer, const Settings *setti
                     if (tok2->next()->str() == ";")
                         tok = tok2->next();
                     else if (Token::simpleMatch(tok2->next(), "= {") &&
-                             tok2->linkAt(2)->next()->str() == ";")
+                             Token::simpleMatch(tok2->linkAt(2), "} ;"))
                         tok = tok2->linkAt(2)->next();
                     else if (Token::Match(tok2->next(), "(|{") &&
                              tok2->next()->link()->strAt(1) == ";")
diff --git a/test/testgarbage.cpp b/test/testgarbage.cpp
index e7d8d9805..6ea33889c 100644
--- a/test/testgarbage.cpp
+++ b/test/testgarbage.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(garbageCode40); // #6620
         TEST_CASE(garbageCode41); // #6685
         TEST_CASE(garbageCode42); // #5760
+        TEST_CASE(garbageCode43); // #6703
 
         TEST_CASE(garbageValueFlow);
         TEST_CASE(garbageSymbolDatabase);
@@ -470,6 +471,10 @@ private:
         ASSERT_THROW(checkCode("{  } * const ( ) { }"), InternalError);
     }
 
+    void garbageCode43() { // #6703
+        checkCode("int { }; struct A<void> a = { }");
+    }
+
     void garbageValueFlow() {
         // #6089
         const char* code = "{} int foo(struct, x1, struct x2, x3, int, x5, x6, x7)\n"