diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 0ad9ddef1d6..be923628244 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -5062,7 +5062,7 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarIdPass1()
 
                                 if (tok3->isLiteral() ||
                                     (tok3->isName() && (variableMap.hasVariable(tok3->str()) ||
-                                                        (tok3->strAt(-1) == "(" && Token::simpleMatch(tok3->next(), "(") && !Token::simpleMatch(tok3->linkAt(1)->next(), "(")))) ||
+                                                        (tok3->strAt(-1) == "(" && Token::simpleMatch(tok3->next(), "(") && !Token::Match(tok3->linkAt(1)->next(), "(|[")))) ||
                                     tok3->isOp() ||
                                     tok3->str() == "(" ||
                                     notstart.find(tok3->str()) != notstart.end()) {
diff --git a/test/testvarid.cpp b/test/testvarid.cpp
index a1874d3c5f2..2a489772673 100644
--- a/test/testvarid.cpp
+++ b/test/testvarid.cpp
@@ -1630,12 +1630,14 @@ class TestVarID : public TestFixture {
                 "A f(3);\n"
                 "A f2(true);\n"
                 "A g();\n"
-                "A e(int c);\n", dinit(TokenizeOptions, $.cpp = false));
+                "A e(int c);\n"
+                "A h(T (*p)[16]);\n", dinit(TokenizeOptions, $.cpp = false));
 
             const char expected[] = "1: A f@1 ( 3 ) ;\n"
                                     "2: A f2@2 ( true ) ;\n"
                                     "3: A g ( ) ;\n"
-                                    "4: A e ( int c@3 ) ;\n";
+                                    "4: A e ( int c@3 ) ;\n"
+                                    "5: A h ( T ( * p@4 ) [ 16 ] ) ;\n";
 
             ASSERT_EQUALS(expected, actual);
         }