diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 551c3a47543..9b9d40a777e 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ void CheckOtherImpl::checkVariableScope()
                 tok = tok->link();
 
                 // parse else if blocks..
-            } else if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "else { if (") && tok->next()->isSimplifiedScope() && Token::simpleMatch(tok->linkAt(3), ") {")) {
+            } else if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "else { if (") && tok->next()->isInsertedBrace() && Token::simpleMatch(tok->linkAt(3), ") {")) {
                 tok = tok->next();
             } else if (tok->varId() == var->declarationId() || tok->str() == "goto") {
                 reduce = false;
@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ bool CheckOtherImpl::checkInnerScope(const Token *tok, const Variable* var, bool
                 if (scope->type == ScopeType::eSwitch)
                     return false; // Used in outer switch scope - unsafe or impossible to reduce scope
 
-                if (scope->bodyStart && scope->bodyStart->isSimplifiedScope())
+                if (scope->bodyStart && scope->bodyStart->isSimplifiedIfInitStmt())
                     return false; // simplified if/for/switch init statement
             }
             if (var->isArrayOrPointer()) {
diff --git a/lib/token.h b/lib/token.h
index ca945fcab22..3328af31fa0 100644
--- a/lib/token.h
+++ b/lib/token.h
@@ -732,11 +732,11 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Token {
         setFlag(fIsTemplate, b);
     }
 
-    bool isSimplifiedScope() const {
-        return getFlag(fIsSimplifedScope);
+    bool isSimplifiedIfInitStmt() const {
+        return getFlag(fIsSimplifiedIfInitStmt);
     }
-    void isSimplifiedScope(bool b) {
-        setFlag(fIsSimplifedScope, b);
+    void isSimplifiedIfInitStmt(bool b) {
+        setFlag(fIsSimplifiedIfInitStmt, b);
     }
 
     bool isFinalType() const {
@@ -767,6 +767,14 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Token {
         setFlag(fIsAnonymous, b);
     }
 
+    bool isInsertedBrace() const {
+        return getFlag(fIsInsertedBrace);
+    }
+    Token* isInsertedBrace(bool b) {
+        setFlag(fIsInsertedBrace, b);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     // cppcheck-suppress unusedFunction
     bool isBitfield() const {
         return mImpl->mBits >= 0;
@@ -1498,7 +1506,7 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Token {
         fIsImplicitInt          = (1ULL << 33), // Is "int" token implicitly added?
         fIsInline               = (1ULL << 34), // Is this a inline type
         fIsTemplate             = (1ULL << 35),
-        fIsSimplifedScope       = (1ULL << 36), // scope added when simplifying e.g. if (int i = ...; ...)
+        fIsSimplifiedIfInitStmt = (1ULL << 36), // simplified if/switch/while init statement e.g. if (int i = ...; ...) => { int i = ...; if (..) ..  }
         fIsRemovedVoidParameter = (1ULL << 37), // A void function parameter has been removed
         fIsIncompleteConstant   = (1ULL << 38),
         fIsRestrict             = (1ULL << 39), // Is this a restrict pointer type
@@ -1508,6 +1516,7 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Token {
         fIsInitComma            = (1ULL << 43), // Is this comma located inside some {..}. i.e: {1,2,3,4}
         fIsInitBracket          = (1ULL << 44), // Is this bracket used as a part of variable initialization i.e: int a{5}, b(2);
         fIsAnonymous            = (1ULL << 45), // Is this a token added for an unnamed member
+        fIsInsertedBrace        = (1ULL << 46), // brace added when simplifying e.g. if (x) f(); => if (x) { f(); }
     };
 
     enum : std::uint8_t {
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index f97057ddb0f..a8f675bbc97 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -6218,6 +6218,8 @@ void Tokenizer::dump(std::ostream &out) const
         }
         if (tok->isRemovedVoidParameter())
             outs += " isRemovedVoidParameter=\"true\"";
+        if (tok->isInsertedBrace())
+            outs += " isInsertedBrace=\"true\"";
         if (tok->isSplittedVarDeclComma())
             outs += " isSplittedVarDeclComma=\"true\"";
         if (tok->isSplittedVarDeclEq())
@@ -7004,10 +7006,12 @@ Token *Tokenizer::simplifyAddBracesPair(Token *tok, bool commandWithCondition)
         tokAfterCondition->previous()->insertToken("{");
         Token * tokOpenBrace=tokAfterCondition->previous();
         tokOpenBrace->column(tokAfterCondition->column());
+        tokOpenBrace->isInsertedBrace(true);
 
         tokEnd->insertToken("}");
         Token * tokCloseBrace=tokEnd->next();
         tokCloseBrace->column(tokEnd->column());
+        tokCloseBrace->isInsertedBrace(true);
 
         Token::createMutualLinks(tokOpenBrace,tokCloseBrace);
         tokBracesEnd=tokCloseBrace;
@@ -8038,8 +8042,8 @@ void Tokenizer::elseif()
 
             if (Token::Match(tok2, "}|;")) {
                 if (tok2->next() && tok2->strAt(1) != "else") {
-                    tok->insertToken("{")->isSimplifiedScope(true);
-                    tok2->insertToken("}")->isSimplifiedScope(true);
+                    tok->insertToken("{")->isInsertedBrace(true);
+                    tok2->insertToken("}")->isInsertedBrace(true);
                     Token::createMutualLinks(tok->next(), tok2->next());
                     break;
                 }
@@ -8105,7 +8109,8 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyIfSwitchForInit()
         tok->str("{");
         endscope->insertToken("}");
         Token::createMutualLinks(tok, endscope->next());
-        tok->isSimplifiedScope(true);
+        tok->isInsertedBrace(true);
+        tok->isSimplifiedIfInitStmt(true);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 6e5ea0f785f..e56ffa3d8bb 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ class TestTokenizer : public TestFixture {
 
         TEST_CASE(whileAddBraces);
         TEST_CASE(whileAddBracesLabels);
+        TEST_CASE(whileAddBracesDump);
 
         TEST_CASE(doWhileAddBraces);
         TEST_CASE(doWhileAddBracesLabels);
@@ -1532,6 +1533,17 @@ class TestTokenizer : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", filter_valueflow(errout_str()));
     }
 
+    void whileAddBracesDump() {
+        const char code[] = "void f(){while(a);}";
+        SimpleTokenizer tokenizer(settingsDefault, *this, false);
+        ASSERT(tokenizer.tokenize(code));
+        ASSERT(Token::simpleMatch(tokenizer.tokens(), "void f ( ) { while ( a ) { ; } }"));
+        std::ostringstream ostr;
+        tokenizer.dump(ostr);
+        const std::string dump = ostr.str();
+        ASSERT(dump.find("isInsertedBrace=\"true\"") != std::string::npos);
+    }
+
     void doWhileAddBraces() {
         {
             const char code[] = "{do ; while (0);}";