diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index e9c758429..b6a64658a 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -3751,7 +3751,7 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarId()
 
                 if (level == 1 && Token::Match(tok2, "> %var%"))
                     tok = tok2;
-                else if (level > 1 && tok2->str() == ">")
+                else if (level > 1 && tok2 && tok2->str() == ">")
                 {
                     level--;
                     if (level == 0)
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 814be3aca..a954e43de 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(varid33);   // ticket #2875 (segmentation fault)
         TEST_CASE(varid34);   // ticket #2825
         TEST_CASE(varid35);   // ticket #2937
+        TEST_CASE(varid36);   // ticket #2980 (segmentation fault)
         TEST_CASE(varidFunctionCall1);
         TEST_CASE(varidFunctionCall2);
         TEST_CASE(varidFunctionCall3);
@@ -3016,6 +3017,13 @@ private:
         TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, actual, tokenizeDebugListing(code));
     }
 
+    void varid36()   // ticket #2980 (segmentation fault)
+    {
+        const std::string code("#elif A\n"
+                               "A,a<b<x0;\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void varidFunctionCall1()
     {
         const std::string code("void f() {\n"