diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index d31c06fe3..f0a8f6318 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -4600,9 +4600,6 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyIfAddBraces()
             continue;
         }
 
-        if (tok->previous() && !Token::Match(tok->previous(), ";|{|}|else|)|:"))
-            continue;
-
         if (Token::Match(tok, "if|for|while ("))
         {
             // don't add "{}" around ";" in "do {} while();" (#609)
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 02e75604d..76ddfc0cb 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(ifAddBraces12);
         TEST_CASE(ifAddBraces13);
         TEST_CASE(ifAddBraces14);	// #2610 - segfault: if()<{}
+        TEST_CASE(ifAddBraces15);	// #2616 - unknown macro before if
 
         TEST_CASE(whileAddBraces);
         TEST_CASE(doWhileAddBraces);
@@ -861,6 +862,12 @@ private:
         tokenizeAndStringify("if()<{}", false);
     }
 
+    void ifAddBraces15()
+    {
+        // ticket #2616 - unknown macro before if
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("{ A if ( x ) { y ( ) ; } }", tokenizeAndStringify("{A if(x)y();}", false));
+    }
+
 
     void whileAddBraces()
     {