diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 5cf71644b..664b4ad3e 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -1501,13 +1501,11 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTypedef()
                         }
                     } else if (typeOf) {
                         tok2 = TokenList::copyTokens(tok2, argStart, argEnd);
-                    } else if (tok2->strAt(2) == "[") {
-                        do {
-                            if (!tok2->linkAt(2))
-                                syntaxError(tok2);
-
-                            tok2 = tok2->linkAt(2)->previous();
-                        } while (tok2->strAt(2) == "[");
+                    } else if (Token::Match(tok2, "%name% [")) {
+                        while (Token::Match(tok2, "%name%|] [")) {
+                            tok2 = tok2->linkAt(1);
+                        }
+                        tok2 = tok2->previous();
                     }
 
                     if (arrayStart && arrayEnd) {
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp b/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
index 755778cdd..c45f8ab37 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedef122); // segmentation fault
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedef123); // ticket #7406
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedef124); // ticket #7792
+        TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedef125); // #8749 - typedef char A[10]; p = new A[1];
 
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedefFunction1);
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedefFunction2); // ticket #1685
@@ -2526,6 +2527,13 @@ private:
 
     }
 
+    void simplifyTypedef125() { // #8749
+        const char code[] = "typedef char A[3];\n"
+                            "char (*p)[3] = new A[4];";
+        const char exp [] = "char ( * p ) [ 3 ] = new char [ 4 ] [ 3 ] ;";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(exp, tok(code, false));
+    }
+
     void simplifyTypedefFunction1() {
         {
             const char code[] = "typedef void (*my_func)();\n"