diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index 693755bf4..df754288c 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -1045,9 +1045,14 @@ static void compilePrecedence3(Token *&tok, AST_state& state)
             if (tok->str() == "(") {
                 if (Token::Match(tok, "( &| %name%") && Token::Match(tok->link(), ") ( %type%") && Token::simpleMatch(tok->link()->linkAt(1), ") ("))
                     tok = tok->link()->next();
-                if (Token::Match(tok->link(), ") ::| %type%"))
+                if (Token::Match(tok->link(), ") ::| %type%")) {
+                    if (Token::Match(tok, "( !!)")) {
+                        Token *innerTok = tok->next();
+                        AST_state innerState(true);
+                        compileExpression(innerTok, innerState);
+                    }
                     tok = tok->link()->next();
-                else if (Token::Match(tok, "( %type%") && Token::Match(tok->link(), ") [();,[]")) {
+                } else if (Token::Match(tok, "( %type%") && Token::Match(tok->link(), ") [();,[]")) {
                     tok = tok->next();
                     innertype = true;
                 } else if (Token::Match(tok, "( &| %name%") && Token::simpleMatch(tok->link(), ") (")) {
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index ae97537cb..c2344198e 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -1065,7 +1065,13 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";", tokenizeAndStringify(code, s));
 
         s.checkUnusedTemplates = true;
-        ASSERT_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify(code, s), InternalError);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("; template < typename T , u_int uBAR = 0 >\n"
+                      "class Foo {\n"
+                      "public:\n"
+                      "void FooBar ( ) {\n"
+                      "new ( uBAR ? uBAR : sizeof ( T ) ) T ;\n"
+                      "}\n"
+                      "} ;", tokenizeAndStringify(code, s));
     }
 
     // Don’t remove "(int *)"..
@@ -7752,18 +7758,21 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("aFoobar(new=", testAst("a = new Foo(bar);"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("aFoobar(new=", testAst("a = new Foo(bar);"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("aFoo(new=", testAst("a = new Foo<bar>();"));
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("X12,3,(new", testAst("new (a,b,c) X(1,2,3);"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("aXnew(", testAst("a (new (X));"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("aXnew5,(", testAst("a (new (X), 5);"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("adelete", testAst("delete a;"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("adelete", testAst("delete (a);"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("adelete", testAst("delete[] a;"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("ab.3c-(delete", testAst("delete[] a.b(3 - c);"));
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("a::new=", testAst("a = new (b) ::X;"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("aA1(new(bB2(new(,", testAst("a(new A(1)), b(new B(2))"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("Fred10[new", testAst(";new Fred[10];"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("adelete", testAst("void f() { delete a; }"));
 
+        // placement new
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("X12,3,(new ab,c,", testAst("new (a,b,c) X(1,2,3);"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("a::new=", testAst("a = new (b) ::X;"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("cCnew= abc:?", testAst("c = new(a ? b : c) C;"));
+
         // invalid code (libreoffice), don't hang
         // #define SlideSorterViewShell
         // SfxViewFrame* pFrame;