diff --git a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
index 5b10539e9..02a6bc79f 100644
--- a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
+++ b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
@@ -312,14 +312,15 @@ void TemplateSimplifier::checkComplicatedSyntaxErrorsInTemplates()
             break;
 
         // template variable or type..
-        if (Token::Match(tok, "%type% <")) {
+        if (Token::Match(tok, "%type% <") && !Token::simpleMatch(tok, "template")) {
             // these are used types..
             std::set<std::string> usedtypes;
 
             // parse this statement and see if the '<' and '>' are matching
             unsigned int level = 0;
             for (const Token *tok2 = tok; tok2 && !Token::simpleMatch(tok2, ";"); tok2 = tok2->next()) {
-                if (Token::simpleMatch(tok2, "{") && (!Token::Match(tok2->previous(), ">|%type%") || Token::simpleMatch(tok2->link(), "} ;")))
+                if (Token::simpleMatch(tok2, "{") &&
+                    (!Token::Match(tok2->previous(), ">|%type%") || Token::simpleMatch(tok2->link(), "} ;")))
                     break;
                 if (tok2->str() == "(")
                     tok2 = tok2->link();
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 09380a426..7308d292c 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -6569,6 +6569,17 @@ private:
         // #10139
         ASSERT_NO_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify("template<typename F>\n"
                                              "void foo(std::enable_if_t<value<F>>* = 0) {}\n"));
+
+        // #10001
+        ASSERT_NO_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify("struct a {\n"
+                                             "  int c;\n"
+                                             "  template <class b> void d(b e) const { c < e ? c : e; }\n"
+                                             "};\n"));
+
+        ASSERT_NO_THROW(tokenizeAndStringify("struct a {\n"
+                                             "  int c;\n"
+                                             "  template <class b> void d(b e) const { c > e ? c : e; }\n"
+                                             "};\n"));
     }
 
     void checkTemplates() {