diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 6f9cf90a852..d7bd9fd9ce3 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2722,8 +2722,11 @@ namespace {
             return false;
         }
 
-        if (tok1->tokAt(-1)->tokType() == Token::eType || tok1->tokAt(-1)->tokType() == Token::eName)
-            return false;
+        {
+            const Token *prev1 = tok1->tokAt(-1);
+            if (prev1 && (prev1->tokType() == Token::eType || prev1->tokType() == Token::eName))
+                return false;
+        }
 
         if (Token::Match(tok1->tokAt(-1), "class|struct|union|enum|namespace")) {
             // fixme