diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index bb51629c1..c5ec6ab96 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -5672,6 +5672,9 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyIfNotNull()
             continue;
         }
 
+        if (Token::Match(tok, "==|!= ("))
+            tok = tok->linkAt(1);
+
         if (Token::Match(tok, "(|&&|%oror%")) {
             tok = tok->next();
 
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 37fb656c3..e65b84bcb 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -1042,6 +1042,9 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("( ! p )", tokenizeAndStringify("( 0UL == p )", true));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("( ! p )", tokenizeAndStringify("( 0ul == p )", true));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("( ! p )", tokenizeAndStringify("( 0l == p )", true));
+
+        // not pointer
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("( x != ( y != 0 ) )", tokenizeAndStringify("( x != ( y != 0 ) )", false));
     }