diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 02234059e..7fba23ec6 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2500,6 +2500,16 @@ bool Tokenizer::tokenize(std::istream &code,
             tok->next()->deleteNext();
     }
 
+    // Remove redundant consecutive braces, i.e. '.. { { .. } } ..' -> '.. { .. } ..'.
+    for (Token *tok = _tokens; tok; ) {
+        if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "{ {") && Token::simpleMatch(tok->next()->link(), "} }")) {
+            //remove internal parentheses
+            tok->next()->link()->deleteThis();
+            tok->deleteNext();
+        } else
+            tok = tok->next();
+    }
+
     return validate();
 }
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -4329,16 +4339,13 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyTokenList()
     simplifyFlowControl();
 
     // Remove redundant consecutive braces, i.e. '.. { { .. } } ..' -> '.. { .. } ..'.
-    {
-        Token *tok = _tokens;
-        while (tok) {
-            if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "{ {") && Token::simpleMatch(tok->next()->link(), "} }")) {
-                //remove internal parentheses
-                tok->next()->link()->deleteThis();
-                tok->deleteNext();
-            } else
-                tok = tok->next();
-        }
+    for (Token *tok = _tokens; tok; ) {
+        if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "{ {") && Token::simpleMatch(tok->next()->link(), "} }")) {
+            //remove internal parentheses
+            tok->next()->link()->deleteThis();
+            tok->deleteNext();
+        } else
+            tok = tok->next();
     }
 
     if (!validate())