diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index a14b78e7015..ab8a6fe080f 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -5030,7 +5030,7 @@ static const Token* skipPointers(const Token* tok)
 {
     while (Token::Match(tok, "*|&|&&") || (Token::Match(tok, "( [*&]") && Token::Match(tok->link()->next(), "(|["))) {
         tok = tok->next();
-        if (tok->strAt(-1) == "(" && Token::Match(tok, "%type% ::"))
+        if (tok && tok->strAt(-1) == "(" && Token::Match(tok, "%type% ::"))
             tok = tok->tokAt(2);
     }
 
diff --git a/test/cli/fuzz-crash/crash-8a24e81ac1d7627233a227e6cc156dd20d57b058 b/test/cli/fuzz-crash/crash-8a24e81ac1d7627233a227e6cc156dd20d57b058
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cfb3a566403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cli/fuzz-crash/crash-8a24e81ac1d7627233a227e6cc156dd20d57b058
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#i~clude <std*c =           nt rerd*c =           nt rern register 
+n**************&******* register