diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 5bc04196cff..8e60a31fede 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -10022,6 +10022,10 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyBitfields()
         Token* typeTok = tok->next();
         while (Token::Match(typeTok, "const|volatile"))
             typeTok = typeTok->next();
+        if (Token::Match(typeTok, ":: %name%"))
+            typeTok = typeTok->next();
+        while (Token::Match(typeTok, "%name% :: %name%"))
+            typeTok = typeTok->tokAt(2);
         if (Token::Match(typeTok, "%type% %name% :") &&
             !Token::Match(tok->next(), "case|public|protected|private|class|struct") &&
             !Token::simpleMatch(tok->tokAt(2), "default :")) {
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 116b2873f24..b6abf31b424 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ class TestTokenizer : public TestFixture {
         TEST_CASE(bitfields16); // Save bitfield bit count
         TEST_CASE(bitfields17);
         TEST_CASE(bitfields18);
+        TEST_CASE(bitfields19); // ticket #13733
+        TEST_CASE(bitfields20);
 
         TEST_CASE(simplifyNamespaceStd);
 
@@ -4858,6 +4860,16 @@ class TestTokenizer : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:1:29]: (warning) Bit-field size exceeds max number of bits 32767 [tooLargeBitField]\n", errout_str());
     }
 
+    void bitfields19() {
+        const char code[] = "struct S { volatile std::uint32_t a : 10; };";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("struct S { volatile std :: uint32_t a ; } ;", tokenizeAndStringify(code));
+    }
+
+    void bitfields20() {
+        const char code[] = "struct S { volatile ::uint32_t a : 10; };";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("struct S { volatile :: uint32_t a ; } ;", tokenizeAndStringify(code));
+    }
+
     void simplifyNamespaceStd() {
         const char *expected;