diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index fa8dd86b06a..05b89ed61fa 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -1588,7 +1588,8 @@ namespace {
         if (op1 && op1->exprId() == 0)
             return;
         const Token* op2 = tok->astParent()->astOperand2();
-        if (op2 && op2->exprId() == 0 && !(isLambdaCaptureList(op2) || (op2->str() == "(" && isLambdaCaptureList(op2->astOperand1()))))
+        if (op2 && op2->exprId() == 0 &&
+            !(isLambdaCaptureList(op2) || (op2->str() == "(" && isLambdaCaptureList(op2->astOperand1())) || Token::simpleMatch(op2, "{ }")))
             return;
 
         if (tok->astParent()->isExpandedMacro() || Token::Match(tok->astParent(), "++|--")) {
diff --git a/test/testvarid.cpp b/test/testvarid.cpp
index f9140fa42d5..f54f25cca74 100644
--- a/test/testvarid.cpp
+++ b/test/testvarid.cpp
@@ -3980,6 +3980,18 @@ class TestVarID : public TestFixture {
         const char expected3[] = "1: struct S { int * p ; } ;\n"
                                  "2: S f ( ) { return S@UNIQUE {@UNIQUE std ::@UNIQUE make_unique < int > (@UNIQUE [ ] ( ) { return 4 ; } ( ) ) .@UNIQUE release (@UNIQUE ) } ; }\n";
         ASSERT_EQUALS(expected3, tokenizeExpr(code3));
+
+        const char code4[] = "std::unique_ptr<int> g(int i) { return std::make_unique<int>(i); }\n"
+                             "void h(int*);\n"
+                             "void f() {\n"
+                             "    h(g({}).get());\n"
+                             "}\n";
+        const char expected4[] = "1: std :: unique_ptr < int > g ( int i ) { return std ::@UNIQUE make_unique < int > (@UNIQUE i@1 ) ; }\n"
+                                 "2: void h ( int * ) ;\n"
+                                 "3: void f ( ) {\n"
+                                 "4: h (@UNIQUE g (@UNIQUE { } ) .@UNIQUE get (@UNIQUE ) ) ;\n"
+                                 "5: }\n";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(expected4, tokenizeExpr(code4));
     }
 
     void structuredBindings() {