diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 8f7f86cb0..4eb47620b 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -3035,7 +3035,7 @@ void Tokenizer::createLinks2()
 
     std::stack<Token*> type;
     for (Token *token = list.front(); token; token = token->next()) {
-        if (Token::Match(token, "struct|class %name% :"))
+        if (Token::Match(token, "struct|class %name% [:<]"))
             isStruct = true;
         else if (Token::Match(token, "[;{}]"))
             isStruct = false;
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index faf9662be..b98d8871e 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -4531,6 +4531,21 @@ private:
             ASSERT_EQUALS(true, tok->link() == tok->tokAt(4));
             ASSERT_EQUALS(true, tok->linkAt(4) == tok);
         }
+
+        {
+            // #7865
+            const char code[] = "template <typename T, typename U>\n"
+                                "struct CheckedDivOp< T, U, typename std::enable_if<std::is_floating_point<T>::value || std::is_floating_point<U>::value>::type> {\n"
+                                "};\n";
+            errout.str("");
+            Tokenizer tokenizer(&settings0, this);
+            std::istringstream istr(code);
+            tokenizer.tokenize(istr, "test.cpp");
+            const Token *tok1 = Token::findsimplematch(tokenizer.tokens(), "struct")->tokAt(2);
+            const Token *tok2 = Token::findsimplematch(tokenizer.tokens(), "{")->previous();
+            ASSERT_EQUALS(true, tok1->link() == tok2);
+            ASSERT_EQUALS(true, tok2->link() == tok1);
+        }
     }
 
     void simplifyString() {