diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 27be2e544a2..2d937c6a210 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -572,12 +572,12 @@ namespace {
                         ++nBraces;
                     else if (tok->str() == "}")
                         --nBraces;
+                    if (nBraces > 0)
+                        continue;
                     if (tok == mNameToken)
                         continue;
                     if (tok->str() != mNameToken->str())
                         continue;
-                    if (nBraces > 0 && Token::Match(tok->next(), "[;(]"))
-                        continue;
                     if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "struct|class|enum|union"))
                         continue;
                     throw InternalError(tok, "recursive typedef encountered");
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp b/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
index 78d7bd25f3d..dbf913c63a4 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
@@ -3885,6 +3885,9 @@ class TestSimplifyTypedef : public TestFixture {
 
         const char code3[] = "typedef struct S { S() {} } S;"; // #14971
         ASSERT_EQUALS("struct S { S ( ) { } } ;", tok(code3));
+
+        const char code4[] = "typedef struct S { S& operator=(const S&) = delete; } S;"; // #14977
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("struct S { S & operator= ( const S & ) = delete ; } ;", tok(code4));
     }
 
     void simplifyTypedefFunction1() {