diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index f5ffa4e1604..340b8e246e0 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ void SymbolDatabase::createSymbolDatabaseFindAllScopes()
                 }
                 // function prototype?
                 else if (declEnd && declEnd->str() == ";") {
-                    if (tok->astParent() && tok->astParent()->str() == "::" &&
+                    if ((Token::simpleMatch(tok->tokAt(-1), "::") || (tok->tokAt(-1) && Token::simpleMatch(tok->tokAt(-2), ":: ~"))) &&
                         Token::Match(declEnd->previous(), "default|delete")) {
                         addClassFunction(scope, tok, argStart);
                         continue;
diff --git a/lib/tokenlist.cpp b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
index 1138b410ddd..aca098a99ae 100644
--- a/lib/tokenlist.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenlist.cpp
@@ -1787,8 +1787,9 @@ static Token * createAstAtToken(Token *tok)
         }
     }
 
-    if (Token::Match(tok, "%type% %name%|*|&|&&|::") && !Token::Match(tok, "return|new|delete")) {
-        int typecount = 0;
+    if ((Token::Match(tok, "%type% %name%|*|&|&&|::") && !Token::Match(tok, "return|new|delete")) ||
+        (Token::Match(tok, ":: %type%") && !tok->next()->isKeyword())) {
+        int typecount = tok->str() == "::" ? 1 : 0;
         Token *typetok = tok;
         while (Token::Match(typetok, "%type%|::|*|&|&&|<")) {
             if (typetok->isName() && !Token::simpleMatch(typetok->previous(), "::"))
@@ -1811,7 +1812,7 @@ static Token * createAstAtToken(Token *tok)
             !Token::Match(tok, "return|throw") &&
             Token::Match(typetok->previous(), "%name% ( !!*") &&
             typetok->previous()->varId() == 0 &&
-            !typetok->previous()->isKeyword() &&
+            (!typetok->previous()->isKeyword() || typetok->previous()->isOperatorKeyword()) &&
             (skipMethodDeclEnding(typetok->link()) || Token::Match(typetok->link(), ") ;|{")))
             return typetok;
     }
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index eff4a8d44f2..5cd508c5359 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ class TestTokenizer : public TestFixture {
         TEST_CASE(astrvaluedecl);
         TEST_CASE(astorkeyword);
         TEST_CASE(astenumdecl);
+        TEST_CASE(astfuncdecl);
 
         TEST_CASE(startOfExecutableScope);
 
@@ -6400,8 +6401,13 @@ class TestTokenizer : public TestFixture {
         Z3
     };
 
+    enum class ListSimplification : std::uint8_t {
+        Partial,
+        Full
+    };
+
     template<size_t size>
-    std::string testAst(const char (&data)[size], AstStyle style = AstStyle::Simple) {
+    std::string testAst(const char (&data)[size], AstStyle style = AstStyle::Simple, ListSimplification ls = ListSimplification::Partial) {
         // tokenize given code..
         TokenList tokenlist{settings0, Standards::Language::CPP};
         tokenlist.appendFileIfNew("test.cpp");
@@ -6409,13 +6415,17 @@ class TestTokenizer : public TestFixture {
             return "ERROR";
 
         TokenizerTest tokenizer(std::move(tokenlist), *this);
-        tokenizer.combineStringAndCharLiterals();
-        tokenizer.combineOperators();
-        tokenizer.simplifySpaceshipOperator();
-        tokenizer.createLinks();
-        tokenizer.createLinks2();
-        tokenizer.simplifyCAlternativeTokens();
-        tokenizer.list.front()->assignIndexes();
+        if (ls == ListSimplification::Partial) {
+            tokenizer.combineStringAndCharLiterals();
+            tokenizer.combineOperators();
+            tokenizer.simplifySpaceshipOperator();
+            tokenizer.createLinks();
+            tokenizer.createLinks2();
+            tokenizer.simplifyCAlternativeTokens();
+            tokenizer.list.front()->assignIndexes();
+        } else { // Full
+            tokenizer.simplifyTokens1("");
+        }
 
         // set varid..
         for (Token *tok = tokenizer.list.front(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
@@ -7408,6 +7418,11 @@ class TestTokenizer : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS("A0U=", testAst("enum myclass : unsigned char { A = 0U, };"));
     }
 
+    void astfuncdecl() {
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", testAst("bool operator==(const S& a, const S& b);", AstStyle::Simple, ListSimplification::Full));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", testAst("::int32_t f();"));
+    }
+
 #define isStartOfExecutableScope(offset, code) isStartOfExecutableScope_(offset, code, __FILE__, __LINE__)
     template<size_t size>
     bool isStartOfExecutableScope_(int offset, const char (&code)[size], const char* file, int line) {