diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 40dbdf88f9d..ba533098b5d 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -4704,6 +4704,16 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarIdPass1()
     bool initlist = false;
     bool inlineFunction = false;
     for (Token *tok = list.front(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
+        if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, ") (") && Token::simpleMatch(tok->link(), "( *")) {
+            const Token *typeTok = tok->link()->previous();
+            while (Token::Match(typeTok, "*|&")) {
+                typeTok = tok->previous();
+            }
+            if (Token::Match(typeTok, "%type%")) {
+                tok = tok->linkAt(1);
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
         if (tok->isOp())
             continue;
         if (cpp && Token::simpleMatch(tok, "template <")) {
diff --git a/test/testvarid.cpp b/test/testvarid.cpp
index 007e16ffb29..71916eb0276 100644
--- a/test/testvarid.cpp
+++ b/test/testvarid.cpp
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ class TestVarID : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS(expected2, tokenize(code2));
 
         const char code3[] = "extern void (*arr[10])(uint32_t some);\n";
-        const char expected3[] = "1: extern void ( * arr@1 [ 10 ] ) ( uint32_t some@2 ) ;\n";
+        const char expected3[] = "1: extern void ( * arr@1 [ 10 ] ) ( uint32_t some ) ;\n";
         ASSERT_EQUALS(expected3, tokenize(code3));
 
         const char code4[] = "_Static_assert(sizeof((struct S){0}.i) == 4);\n"; // #12729