diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 3fba1f374..261f13fb1 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2845,6 +2845,17 @@ static bool setVarIdParseDeclaration(const Token **tok, const std::map<std::stri
         }
     }
 
+    // Check if array declaration is valid (#2638)
+    // invalid declaration: AAA a[4] = 0;
+    if (typeCount >= 2 && tok2 && tok2->str() == "[") {
+        const Token *tok3 = tok2;
+        while (tok3 && tok3->str() == "[") {
+            tok3 = tok3->link()->next();
+        }
+        if (Token::Match(tok3, "= %num%"))
+            return false;
+    }
+
     return bool(typeCount >= 2 && tok2 && Token::Match(tok2->tokAt(-2), "!!:: %type%"));
 }
 
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index a13000244..5970c54e3 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -3607,7 +3607,7 @@ private:
                                 "3: AAA\n"
                                 "4: a@1 [ 0 ] = 0 ;\n"
                                 "5: }\n";
-        ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, tokenizeDebugListing(code));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, tokenizeDebugListing(code, false, "test.c"));
     }
 
     void varid_using() {