diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 5a218261485..9926b268ca5 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2079,7 +2079,7 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyTypedefCpp()
                         for (const std::string &p : pointers)
                             // cppcheck-suppress useStlAlgorithm
                             tok2 = simplifyTypedefInsertToken(tok2, p, location);
-                        if (constTok) {
+                        if (constTok && !functionPtr) {
                             tok2 = simplifyTypedefInsertToken(tok2, "const", location);
                             constTok->deleteThis();
                         }
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp b/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
index 01275ac74ab..6159b2ad49f 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytypedef.cpp
@@ -4500,6 +4500,12 @@ class TestSimplifyTypedef : public TestFixture {
                             "void f(const P p);\n";
         ASSERT_EQUALS("struct S_ { } ; void f ( struct S_ * const p ) ;", // don't crash
                       tok(code));
+
+        const char code2[] = "struct S;\n"
+                             "typedef S& (S::* P)(const S&);\n"
+                             "void f(const P);\n";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("struct S ; void f ( const S & ( S :: * ) ( const S & ) ) ;", // don't crash
+                      tok(code2));
     }
 
     void typedefInfo1() {