diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index fa23d414bca..5356e4917d0 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ static Token* skipDecl(Token* tok, std::vector<Token*>* inner = nullptr)
                 vartok = vartok->link();
             else
                 return tok;
-        } else if (Token::Match(vartok, "%var% [:=(]")) {
+        } else if (Token::Match(vartok, "%var% [:=({]")) {
             return vartok;
         } else if (Token::Match(vartok, "decltype|typeof (") && !isDecltypeFuncParam(tok->linkAt(1))) {
             if (inner)
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ static Token * createAstAtToken(Token *tok)
             while (tok2 && tok2 != endPar && tok2->str() != ";") {
                 if (tok2->str() == "<" && tok2->link()) {
                     tok2 = tok2->link();
-                } else if (Token::Match(tok2, "%name% )| %op%|(|[|.|:|::") || Token::Match(tok2->previous(), "[(;{}] %cop%|(")) {
+                } else if (Token::Match(tok2, "%name% )| %op%|(|[|{|.|:|::") || Token::Match(tok2->previous(), "[(;{}] %cop%|(")) {
                     init1 = tok2;
                     AST_state state1(cpp);
                     compileExpression(tok2, state1);
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 6ffec57c4c7..f27e458137a 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -6134,6 +6134,7 @@ class TestTokenizer : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS("fori0=iasize.(<i++;;( asize.(", testAst("for (decltype(a.size()) i = 0; i < a.size(); ++i);"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("foria:( asize.(", testAst("for(decltype(a.size()) i:a);"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("forec0{([,(:( fb.return", testAst("for (auto e : c(0, [](auto f) { return f->b; }));")); // #10802
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("forvar1{;;(", testAst("for(int var{1};;)")); // #12867
 
         // for with initializer (c++20)
         ASSERT_EQUALS("forab=ca:;(", testAst("for(a=b;int c:a)"));