diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index c2e24be713f..2e438cdb8dc 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -8643,7 +8643,7 @@ void Tokenizer::findGarbageCode() const
         if (Token::Match(tok, "==|!=|<=|>= %comp%") && tok->strAt(-1) != "operator")
             syntaxError(tok, tok->str() + " " + tok->strAt(1));
         if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "::") && (!Token::Match(tok->next(), "%name%|*|~") ||
-                                              (tok->next()->isKeyword() && !Token::Match(tok->next(), "new|operator"))))
+                                              (tok->next()->isKeyword() && !Token::Match(tok->next(), "new|delete|operator"))))
             syntaxError(tok);
         if (Token::Match(tok, "& %comp%|&&|%oror%|&|%or%") && tok->strAt(1) != ">")
             syntaxError(tok);