diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index 1fb0e71623c..a2ffa7e0692 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -1721,7 +1721,7 @@ static Token * createAstAtToken(Token *tok)
         }
     }
 
-    if (Token::Match(tok, "%type% %name%|*|&|::") && !Token::Match(tok, "return|new")) {
+    if (Token::Match(tok, "%type% %name%|*|&|::") && !Token::Match(tok, "return|new|delete")) {
         int typecount = 0;
         Token *typetok = tok;
         while (Token::Match(typetok, "%type%|::|*|&")) {
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index e0def286f81..2b86a369947 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -6345,6 +6345,7 @@ class TestTokenizer : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS("sSint(new::(new=", testAst("s = new S(::new int());")); // #12502
         ASSERT_EQUALS("sS(new::=", testAst("s = ::new (ptr) S();")); // #12552
         ASSERT_EQUALS("pdelete::return", testAst("return ::delete p;"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("gn--(delete", testAst("delete g(--n);"));
 
         // placement new
         ASSERT_EQUALS("X12,3,(new ab,c,", testAst("new (a,b,c) X(1,2,3);"));