diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 193fa5bbb4d..10f80153477 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2998,6 +2998,9 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyUsing()
         if (!usingEnd)
             continue;
 
+        for (Token *typeTok = start; typeTok != usingEnd; typeTok = typeTok->next())
+            typeTok->isSimplifiedTypedef(true);
+
         // Move struct defined in using out of using.
         // using T = struct t { }; => struct t { }; using T = struct t;
         // fixme: this doesn't handle attributes
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 88c83eba4b1..83fec2469af 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -4763,6 +4763,12 @@ class TestOther : public TestFixture {
               "    return [](int* p) { return *p; }(&i);\n"
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3:20]: (style) Parameter 'p' can be declared as pointer to const [constParameterPointer]\n", errout_str());
+
+        check("using IntPtr = int *;\n"
+              "int* foo(IntPtr bar) {\n"
+              "  return bar = 0;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
     }
 
     void constArray() {