diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index a52ceda52..1a897812e 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -1383,6 +1383,7 @@ static void createAstAtTokenInner(Token * const tok1, const Token *endToken, boo
                 if (tok->str() == "(")
                     tok = tok->astOperand1();
                 const Token * const endToken2 = tok->link();
+                tok = tok->next();
                 for (; tok && tok != endToken && tok != endToken2; tok = tok ? tok->next() : nullptr)
                     tok = createAstAtToken(tok, cpp);
             }
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index fb43920d3..d1d24a2c2 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -6011,6 +6011,13 @@ private:
 
         // #9729
         ASSERT_NO_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify("void foo() { bar([]() noexcept { if (0) {} }); }"));
+
+        // #10079 - createInnerAST bug..
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("x{([= yz= switchy(",
+                      testAst("x = []() -> std::vector<uint8_t> {\n"
+                              "    const auto y = z;\n"
+                              "    switch (y) {}\n"
+                              "};"));
     }
 
     void astcase() {