diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 16343d9ad..51fe6801f 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -7162,7 +7162,7 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyRedundantParentheses()
             ret = true;
         }
 
-        if (isCPP() && Token::simpleMatch(tok->previous(), "new (") && Token::Match(tok->link(), ") [;,{}[]")) {
+        if (isCPP() && Token::Match(tok->tokAt(-2), "[;{}=(] new (") && Token::Match(tok->link(), ") [;,{}[]")) {
             // Remove the parentheses in "new (type)" constructs
             tok->link()->deleteThis();
             tok->deleteThis();
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 84bb26bdf..2d20e79fb 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -3465,6 +3465,12 @@ private:
             static char  exp[] = "list < int > * f [ 1 ] = { new list < int > } ;";
             ASSERT_EQUALS(exp, tokenizeAndStringify(code));
         }
+        // don't remove parentheses in operator new overload
+        {
+            static char code[] = "void *operator new(__SIZE_TYPE__, int);";
+            static char  exp[] = "void * operatornew ( __SIZE_TYPE__ , int ) ;";
+            ASSERT_EQUALS(exp, tokenizeAndStringify(code));
+        }
     }
 
     void tokenize_double() {