diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 7676099dc..2c02b66fb 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -1127,6 +1127,9 @@ void SymbolDatabase::createSymbolDatabaseSetScopePointers()
             start = const_cast<Token*>(_tokenizer->list.front());
             end = const_cast<Token*>(_tokenizer->list.back());
         }
+        assert((start == nullptr) == (end == nullptr));
+        if (start == nullptr)
+            continue;
 
         start->scope(&*it);
         end->scope(&*it);
diff --git a/test/teststl.cpp b/test/teststl.cpp
index 6249160ac..c03207388 100644
--- a/test/teststl.cpp
+++ b/test/teststl.cpp
@@ -2227,7 +2227,7 @@ private:
 
         check("const char* foo() {\n"
               "    static std::string text;\n"
-              "    text = \"hello world\\n\";\n"
+              "    text = \"hello world\n\";\n"
               "    return text.c_str();\n"
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str()); // #3427