diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2CPPTests.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2CPPTests.java
index 4edb0ebbb99..c789d008939 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2CPPTests.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/ast2/AST2CPPTests.java
@@ -3278,7 +3278,7 @@ public class AST2CPPTests extends AST2BaseTest {
         assertEquals( expression.getSimpleType(), ICPPASTSimpleTypeConstructorExpression.t_int );
     }
 	
-    public void testBug90498() throws Exception {
+    public void testBug90498_1() throws Exception {
         IASTTranslationUnit tu = parse( "typedef INT ( FOO ) (INT);", ParserLanguage.CPP ); //$NON-NLS-1$
         
         IASTSimpleDeclaration decl = (IASTSimpleDeclaration) tu.getDeclarations()[0];
@@ -3292,5 +3292,21 @@ public class AST2CPPTests extends AST2BaseTest {
         IASTDeclarator nested = dtor.getNestedDeclarator();
         assertEquals( nested.getName().toString(), "FOO" );  //$NON-NLS-1$
     }
+    
+    public void testBug90498_2() throws Exception {
+        IASTTranslationUnit tu = parse( "int (* foo) (int) (0);", ParserLanguage.CPP ); //$NON-NLS-1$
+        
+        IASTSimpleDeclaration decl = (IASTSimpleDeclaration) tu.getDeclarations()[0];
+        IASTDeclSpecifier declSpec = decl.getDeclSpecifier();
+        assertTrue( declSpec instanceof IASTSimpleDeclSpecifier );
+        
+        IASTDeclarator dtor = decl.getDeclarators()[0];
+        assertTrue( dtor instanceof IASTFunctionDeclarator );
+        assertNotNull( dtor.getNestedDeclarator() );
+        IASTDeclarator nested = dtor.getNestedDeclarator();
+        assertEquals( nested.getName().toString(), "foo" );  //$NON-NLS-1$
+        
+        assertNotNull( dtor.getInitializer() );
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/GNUCPPSourceParser.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/GNUCPPSourceParser.java
index 19683408148..7a5c52d0e90 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/GNUCPPSourceParser.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/GNUCPPSourceParser.java
@@ -3521,10 +3521,9 @@ public class GNUCPPSourceParser extends AbstractGNUSourceCodeParser {
                 throw eof;
             }
         } else if (LT(1) == IToken.tLPAREN) {
-            if( d instanceof IASTFunctionDeclarator ){
+            if( d instanceof IASTFunctionDeclarator && d.getNestedDeclarator() == null ){
                 //constructor initializer doesn't make sense for a function declarator, 
-                //C++98:8.5-11 A parenthesized initializer can be a list of expressions
-                //only when the entity  has a class type
+                //we must have an object to initialize, a function doesn't work.
                 return null;
             }
             // initializer in constructor