diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 0e7a7bc7f..2516b1cd1 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -3102,7 +3102,15 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyIfAddBraces()
                 ++parlevel;
 
             else if (tempToken->str() == ")")
+            {
+                if (parlevel == 0)
+                {
+                    tok->deleteThis();
+                    tempToken = 0;
+                    break;
+                }
                 --parlevel;
+            }
 
             else if (indentlevel == 0 && parlevel == 0 && tempToken->str() == ";")
                 break;
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 098a045e4..3ac625337 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(ifAddBraces6);
         TEST_CASE(ifAddBraces7);
         TEST_CASE(ifAddBraces9);
+        TEST_CASE(ifAddBraces10);
 
         TEST_CASE(whileAddBraces);
         TEST_CASE(doWhileAddBraces);
@@ -623,6 +624,14 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, tokenizeAndStringify(code, true));
     }
 
+    void ifAddBraces10()
+    {
+        // ticket #1361
+        const char code[] = "{ DEBUG(if (x) y; else z); }";
+        const char expected[] = "{ DEBUG ( if ( x ) y ; else z ) ; }";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, tokenizeAndStringify(code, true));
+    }
+
     void whileAddBraces()
     {
         {