diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 70ecc30da..8a721b592 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ bool Tokenizer::duplicateTypedef(Token **tokPtr, const Token *name)
                 // look backwards
                 if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "typedef|}|>|*") ||
                     (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "%type%") &&
-                     (!Token::Match(tok->previous(), "return|new|const|friend|public|private|protected") &&
+                     (!Token::Match(tok->previous(), "return|new|const|friend|public|private|protected|throw") &&
                       !Token::Match(tok->tokAt(-2), "friend class"))))
                 {
                     // scan backwards for the end of the previous statement
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
index 93fbfa128..424f0a1b6 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedef51);
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedef52); // ticket #1782
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedef53); // ticket #1801
+        TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedef54); // ticket #1814
 
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedefFunction1);
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedefFunction2); // ticket #1685
@@ -4206,6 +4207,25 @@ private:
         }
     }
 
+    void simplifyTypedef54() // ticket #1814
+    {
+        const char code[] = "void foo()\n"
+                            "{\n"
+                            "    typedef std::basic_string<char, traits_type, allocator_type> string_type;\n"
+                            "    try\n"
+                            "    {\n"
+                            "        throw string_type(\"leak\");\n"
+                            "    }\n"
+                            "    catch (const string_type&)\n"
+                            "    {\n"
+                            "        pthread_exit (0);\n"
+                            "    }\n"
+                            "}";
+
+        checkSimplifyTypedef(code);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void simplifyTypedefFunction1()
     {
         {