diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index 645b7addd..353b820fc 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -1400,6 +1400,24 @@ static Token * findAstTop(Token *tok1, Token *tok2)
 
 static Token * createAstAtToken(Token *tok, bool cpp)
 {
+    // skip function pointer declaration
+    if (Token::Match(tok, "%type%") && !Token::Match(tok, "return|throw|if|while")) {
+        const Token* type = tok;
+        while (Token::Match(type, "%type%|*|&|<")) {
+            if (type->str() == "<") {
+                if (type->link())
+                    type = type->link();
+                else
+                    break;
+            }
+            type = type->next();
+        }
+        if (Token::simpleMatch(type, "(") &&
+            Token::Match(type->link()->previous(), "%var% ) (") &&
+            Token::Match(type->link()->linkAt(1), ") [;,)]"))
+            return type->link()->linkAt(1)->next();
+    }
+
     if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "for (")) {
         if (cpp && Token::Match(tok, "for ( const| auto &|&&| [")) {
             Token *decl = Token::findsimplematch(tok, "[");
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index de7fe4400..2c1c89a07 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -6270,6 +6270,9 @@ private:
 
         ASSERT_EQUALS("vary=", testAst("std::string var = y;"));
 
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", testAst("void *(*var)(int);"));
+
+
         // create ast for decltype
         ASSERT_EQUALS("decltypex( var1=", testAst("decltype(x) var = 1;"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("a1bdecltypet((>2,(", testAst("a(1 > b(decltype(t)), 2);")); // #10271