diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index 025199a32..971e00f43 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -446,6 +446,9 @@ static bool iscast(const Token *tok)
     if (tok->previous() && tok->previous()->isName() && tok->previous()->str() != "return")
         return false;
 
+	if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->previous(), ">") && tok->previous()->link())
+		return false;
+
     if (Token::Match(tok, "( (| typeof (") && Token::Match(tok->link(), ") %num%"))
         return true;
 
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 884c444f6..259faff6e 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -8242,6 +8242,8 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("a(3==", testAst("a<int>()==3"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("ab(== f(", testAst("a == b<c>(); f();"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("static_casta(i[", testAst("; static_cast<char*>(a)[i];")); // #6203
+		ASSERT_EQUALS("reinterpret_castreinterpret_castptr(123&(",
+		              testAst(";reinterpret_cast<void*>(reinterpret_cast<unsigned>(ptr) & 123);")); // #7253
 
         // This two unit tests were added to avoid a crash. The actual correct AST result for non-executable code has not been determined so far.
         ASSERT_EQUALS("Cpublica::b:::", testAst("class C : public ::a::b<bool> { };"));