diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 597996a897e..9c531fcb1f5 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -752,9 +752,10 @@ namespace {
                 return;
 
             mUsed = true;
+            const bool isFunctionPointer = Token::Match(mNameToken, "%name% )");
 
             // Special handling for T(...) when T is a pointer
-            if (Token::Match(tok, "%name% [({]") && !Token::simpleMatch(tok->linkAt(1), ") (")) {
+            if (Token::Match(tok, "%name% [({]") && !isFunctionPointer) {
                 bool pointerType = false;
                 for (const Token* type = mRangeType.first; type != mRangeType.second; type = type->next()) {
                     if (type->str() == "*" || type->str() == "&") {
@@ -791,7 +792,6 @@ namespace {
             }
 
             // Special handling of function pointer cast
-            const bool isFunctionPointer = Token::Match(mNameToken, "%name% )");
             if (isFunctionPointer && isCast(tok->previous())) {
                 tok->insertToken("*");
                 Token* const tok_1 = insertTokens(tok, std::pair<Token*, Token*>(mRangeType.first, mNameToken->linkAt(1)));
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp b/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
index ad3bd5e439b..bab8ccc645e 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ class TestSimplifyTypedef : public TestFixture {
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedefFunction8);
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedefFunction9);
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedefFunction10); // #5191
+        TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedefFunction11);
 
         TEST_CASE(simplifyTypedefStruct); // #12081 - volatile struct
 
@@ -4315,6 +4316,27 @@ class TestSimplifyTypedef : public TestFixture {
                       tok(code,false));
     }
 
+    void simplifyTypedefFunction11() {
+        const char code[] = "typedef void (*func_t) (int);\n"
+                            "void g(int);\n"
+                            "void f(void* p) {\n"
+                            "    if (g != func_t(p)) {}\n"
+                            "    if (g != (func_t)p) {}\n"
+                            "}\n";
+        TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("void g ( int ) ; "
+                           "void f ( void * p ) { "
+                           "if ( g != ( void ( * ) ( int ) ) ( p ) ) { } "
+                           "if ( g != ( void ( * ) ( int ) ) p ) { } "
+                           "}",
+                           "void g ( int ) ; "
+                           "void f ( void * p ) { "
+                           "if ( g != void * ( p ) ) { } "
+                           "if ( g != ( void * ) p ) { } "
+                           "}",
+                           tok(code,false));
+        ignore_errout(); // we are not interested in the output
+    }
+
     void simplifyTypedefStruct() {
         const char code1[] = "typedef struct S { int x; } xyz;\n"
                              "xyz var;";