diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 69d6c3dc0b6..924734cae4d 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -6194,10 +6194,9 @@ const Scope *SymbolDatabase::findScope(const Token *tok, const Scope *startScope
         if (tok->strAt(1) == "::") {
             scope = scope->findRecordInNestedList(tok->str());
             tok = tok->tokAt(2);
-        } else if (tok->strAt(1) == "<" && Token::simpleMatch(tok->linkAt(1), "> ::")) {
-            scope = scope->findRecordInNestedList(tok->str());
-            tok = tok->linkAt(1)->tokAt(2);
-        } else
+        } else if (tok->strAt(1) == "<")
+            return nullptr;
+        else
             return scope->findRecordInNestedList(tok->str());
     }
 
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index 2b37bf04486..f096a195f07 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ class TestSymbolDatabase : public TestFixture {
         TEST_CASE(createSymbolDatabaseFindAllScopes5);
         TEST_CASE(createSymbolDatabaseFindAllScopes6);
         TEST_CASE(createSymbolDatabaseFindAllScopes7);
+        TEST_CASE(createSymbolDatabaseFindAllScopes8); // #12761
 
         TEST_CASE(createSymbolDatabaseIncompleteVars);
 
@@ -5611,7 +5612,7 @@ class TestSymbolDatabase : public TestFixture {
                       "static const int foo = 8;\n"
                       "}\n");
         ASSERT(db);
-        ASSERT_EQUALS(6, db->scopeList.size());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(9, db->scopeList.size());
         ASSERT_EQUALS(1, db->scopeList.front().varlist.size());
         auto list = db->scopeList;
         list.pop_front();
@@ -5658,12 +5659,12 @@ class TestSymbolDatabase : public TestFixture {
                       "};\n"
                       "const S S::IN(1);\n");
         ASSERT(db);
-        ASSERT_EQUALS(6, db->scopeList.size());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(7, db->scopeList.size());
         const Token* const var = Token::findsimplematch(tokenizer.tokens(), "IN (");
         ASSERT(var && var->variable());
         ASSERT_EQUALS(var->variable()->name(), "IN");
-        auto it = db->scopeList.begin();
-        std::advance(it, 4);
+        auto it = db->scopeList.cbegin();
+        std::advance(it, 5);
         ASSERT_EQUALS(it->className, "S");
         ASSERT_EQUALS(var->variable()->scope(), &*it);
     }
@@ -5754,6 +5755,39 @@ class TestSymbolDatabase : public TestFixture {
         }
     }
 
+    void createSymbolDatabaseFindAllScopes8() // #12761
+    {
+        // There are 2 myst constructors. They should belong to different scopes.
+        GET_SYMBOL_DB("template <class A = void, class B = void, class C = void>\n"
+                      "class Test {\n"
+                      "private:\n"
+                      "  template <class T>\n"
+                      "  struct myst {\n"
+                      "    T* x;\n"
+                      "    myst(T* y) : x(y){};\n"  // <- myst constructor
+                      "  };\n"
+                      "};\n"
+                      "\n"
+                      "template <class A, class B> class Test<A, B, void> {};\n"
+                      "\n"
+                      "template <>\n"
+                      "class Test<void, void, void> {\n"
+                      "private:\n"
+                      "  template <class T>\n"
+                      "  struct myst {\n"
+                      "    T* x;\n"
+                      "    myst(T* y) : x(y){};\n"  // <- myst constructor
+                      "  };\n"
+                      "};");
+        ASSERT(db);
+
+        const Token* myst1 = Token::findsimplematch(tokenizer.tokens(), "myst ( T * y )");
+        const Token* myst2 = Token::findsimplematch(myst1->next(), "myst ( T * y )");
+        ASSERT(myst1);
+        ASSERT(myst2);
+        ASSERT(myst1->scope() != myst2->scope());
+    }
+
     void createSymbolDatabaseIncompleteVars()
     {
         {