diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index a8a33141a..37b4377ca 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace {
 static const struct CWE CWE676(676U);
 static const struct CWE CWE908(908U);
 static const struct CWE CWE825(825U);
-    
+
 
 void CheckUninitVar::check()
 {
diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 4052c56e3..77938219e 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -3027,13 +3027,13 @@ bool Scope::isVariableDeclaration(const Token* const tok, const Token*& vartok,
     if (localVarTok->str() == "const")
         localVarTok = localVarTok->next();
 
-    if (Token::Match(localVarTok, "%name% ;|=") || (localVarTok->varId() && localVarTok->strAt(1) == ":")) {
+    if (Token::Match(localVarTok, "%name% ;|=") || (localVarTok && localVarTok->varId() && localVarTok->strAt(1) == ":")) {
         vartok = localVarTok;
         typetok = localTypeTok;
     } else if (Token::Match(localVarTok, "%name% )|[") && localVarTok->str() != "operator") {
         vartok = localVarTok;
         typetok = localTypeTok;
-    } else if (localVarTok->varId() && Token::Match(localVarTok, "%name% (|{") &&
+    } else if (localVarTok && localVarTok->varId() && Token::Match(localVarTok, "%name% (|{") &&
                Token::Match(localVarTok->next()->link(), ")|} ;")) {
         vartok = localVarTok;
         typetok = localTypeTok;
diff --git a/test/testgarbage.cpp b/test/testgarbage.cpp
index 00b8076b9..f73cf01c6 100644
--- a/test/testgarbage.cpp
+++ b/test/testgarbage.cpp
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(garbageCode174); // #7356
         TEST_CASE(garbageCode175);
         TEST_CASE(garbageCode176);
+        TEST_CASE(garbageCode177);
         TEST_CASE(garbageValueFlow);
         TEST_CASE(garbageSymbolDatabase);
         TEST_CASE(garbageAST);
@@ -1479,6 +1480,10 @@ private:
     void garbageCode176() { // #7527
         checkCode("class t { { struct } enum class f : unsigned { q } b ; operator= ( T ) { switch ( b ) { case f::q: } } { assert ( b ) ; } } { ; & ( t ) ( f::t ) ; } ;");
     }
+
+    void garbageCode177() { // #7321
+        checkCode("{(){(())}}r&const");
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestGarbage)