diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index f98335badb7..2ad9e01a462 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -1837,7 +1837,7 @@ static Token * createAstAtToken(Token *tok)
             }
             typetok = typetok->next();
         }
-        if (Token::Match(typetok, "%var% [={]"))
+        if (Token::Match(typetok, "%var% =|{|["))
             tok = typetok;
 
         // Do not create AST for function declaration
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 5f4d59503e2..19a4dfa261c 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ class TestTokenizer : public TestFixture {
         TEST_CASE(astfuncdecl);
         TEST_CASE(astarrayinit);
         TEST_CASE(astbracedinit);
+        TEST_CASE(astarrayofptrs);
 
         TEST_CASE(startOfExecutableScope);
 
@@ -7543,6 +7544,11 @@ class TestTokenizer : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS("anullptr{", testAst("int *a { nullptr };", AstStyle::Simple, ListSimplification::Full));
     }
 
+    void astarrayofptrs() {
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("a1[", testAst("int *a[1];", AstStyle::Simple, ListSimplification::Full));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("a1[", testAst("int **a[1];", AstStyle::Simple, ListSimplification::Full));
+    }
+
 #define isStartOfExecutableScope(offset, code) isStartOfExecutableScope_(offset, code, __FILE__, __LINE__)
     template<size_t size>
     bool isStartOfExecutableScope_(int offset, const char (&code)[size], const char* file, int line) {