diff --git a/src/tokenize.cpp b/src/tokenize.cpp
index 71a97335e..fe686da86 100644
--- a/src/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/src/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2644,6 +2644,7 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyIfNotNull()
         {
             deleteFrom->deleteNext();
             deleteFrom->deleteNext();
+            tok = deleteFrom;
             ret = true;
         }