diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2TemplateTests.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2TemplateTests.java
index 6048cb9b78b..abe7e48a1cf 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2TemplateTests.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2TemplateTests.java
@@ -2270,6 +2270,17 @@ public class AST2TemplateTests extends AST2BaseTest {
 		parseAndCheckBindings(code, ParserLanguage.CPP);		
 	}
 
+	
+	//	template<class U> void f1(void(*f)(const U&)) {}
+	//	void f2(const int& b){}
+	//	void test() {
+	//	  f1(&f2); // problem on f1
+	//	}
+	public void testSimplifiedFunctionTemplateWithFunctionPointer_281783() throws Exception {
+		final String code = getAboveComment();
+		parseAndCheckBindings(code, ParserLanguage.CPP);		
+	}
+
 	//	template <class T>
 	//	class A {};
 	//
@@ -2283,7 +2294,7 @@ public class AST2TemplateTests extends AST2BaseTest {
 	//	void test(A<B> x) {
 	//	  f1(x, &f2);
 	//	}
-	public void _testFunctionTemplateWithFunctionPointer_281783() throws Exception {
+	public void testFunctionTemplateWithFunctionPointer_281783() throws Exception {
     	BindingAssertionHelper bh= new BindingAssertionHelper(getAboveComment(), true);
     	bh.assertNonProblem("f1(x, &f2);", 2, ICPPFunction.class);
 	}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/CPPTemplates.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/CPPTemplates.java
index 8106b9d598f..02999758053 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/CPPTemplates.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/CPPTemplates.java
@@ -1599,6 +1599,12 @@ public class CPPTemplates {
 				}
 				p = ((IPointerType) p).getType();
 				a = ((IPointerType) a).getType();
+			} else if (p instanceof ICPPReferenceType) {
+				if (!(a instanceof ICPPReferenceType)) {
+					return false;
+				}
+				p = ((ICPPReferenceType) p).getType();
+				a = ((ICPPReferenceType) a).getType();
 			} else if (p instanceof IQualifierType) {
 				if (a instanceof IQualifierType) {
 					a = ((IQualifierType) a).getType(); //TODO a = strip qualifiers from p out of a