diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index e1599c172..106b78e30 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2366,11 +2366,25 @@ static bool setVarIdParseDeclaration(const Token **tok, const std::map<std::stri
     }
 
     if (tok2) {
+        bool isLambdaArg = false;
+        if (cpp) {
+            const Token *tok3 = (*tok)->previous();
+            if (tok3 && tok3->str() == ",") {
+                while (tok3 && !Token::Match(tok3,";|(|[|{")) {
+                    if (Token::Match(tok3, ")|]"))
+                        tok3 = tok3->link();
+                    tok3 = tok3->previous();
+                }
+            }
+            if (tok3 && Token::simpleMatch(tok3->previous(), "] (") && Token::simpleMatch(tok3->link(), ") {"))
+                isLambdaArg = true;
+        }
+
         *tok = tok2;
 
         // In executable scopes, references must be assigned
         // Catching by reference is an exception
-        if (executableScope && ref) {
+        if (executableScope && ref && !isLambdaArg) {
             if (Token::Match(tok2, "(|=|{|:"))
                 ;   // reference is assigned => ok
             else if (tok2->str() != ")" || tok2->link()->strAt(-1) != "catch")
diff --git a/test/testvarid.cpp b/test/testvarid.cpp
index dd4e6505e..698ae153f 100644
--- a/test/testvarid.cpp
+++ b/test/testvarid.cpp
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(varid_rangeBasedFor);
         TEST_CASE(varid_structinit); // #6406
         TEST_CASE(varid_arrayinit); // #7579
+        TEST_CASE(varid_lambda_arg);
 
         TEST_CASE(varidclass1);
         TEST_CASE(varidclass2);
@@ -2400,6 +2401,25 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("1: void foo ( int * a@1 ) { int b@2 [ 1 ] = { x * a@1 [ 0 ] } ; }\n", tokenize("void foo(int*a) { int b[] = { x*a[0] }; }"));
     }
 
+    void varid_lambda_arg() {
+        // #8664
+        const char code1[] = "static void func(int ec) {\n"
+                             "    func2([](const std::error_code& ec) { return ec; });\n"
+                             "}";
+        const char exp1[] = "1: static void func ( int ec@1 ) {\n"
+                            "2: func2 ( [ ] ( const std :: error_code & ec@2 ) { return ec@2 ; } ) ;\n"
+                            "3: }\n";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(exp1, tokenize(code1));
+
+        const char code2[] = "static void func(int ec) {\n"
+                             "    func2([](int x, const std::error_code& ec) { return x + ec; });\n"
+                             "}";
+        const char exp2[] = "1: static void func ( int ec@1 ) {\n"
+                            "2: func2 ( [ ] ( int x@2 , const std :: error_code & ec@3 ) { return x@2 + ec@3 ; } ) ;\n"
+                            "3: }\n";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(exp2, tokenize(code2));
+    }
+
     void varidclass1() {
         const std::string actual = tokenize(
                                        "class Fred\n"