diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/CompleteParseProblemTest.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/CompleteParseProblemTest.java
index 0d34cb19864..a53f240a79d 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/CompleteParseProblemTest.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/CompleteParseProblemTest.java
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@
 ***********************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.tests;
 
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.IProblem;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.ParserFactoryError;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.ast.IASTFunction;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.ast.IASTVariable;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.parser.ParserException;
 
 /**
@@ -91,4 +95,24 @@ public class CompleteParseProblemTest extends CompleteParseBaseTest {
 		assertEquals( p.getSourceEnd(), end );
 		assertEquals( p.getID(), IProblem.SEMANTIC_NAME_NOT_FOUND );   
 	}
+	
+	public void testBug69744() throws Exception
+	{
+	    String code = "int f() {  try { } catch( foo bar ) {} catch ( ... ) {} }  int i;"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	    
+	    Iterator i = parse( code, false ).getDeclarations();
+	    
+	    int start = code.indexOf( "foo" ); //$NON-NLS-1$
+	    int end = start + 3;
+	    
+	    assertEquals( callback.problems.size(), 1 );
+	    IProblem p = (IProblem) callback.problems.get( 0 );
+	    
+	    assertEquals( p.getSourceStart(), start );
+	    assertEquals( p.getSourceEnd(), end );
+	    assertEquals( p.getID(), IProblem.SEMANTIC_NAME_NOT_FOUND );
+	    
+	    IASTFunction f = (IASTFunction) i.next();
+	    IASTVariable varI = (IASTVariable) i.next();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/Parser.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/Parser.java
index 50a8cbd009c..bafd3eb810e 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/Parser.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/Parser.java
@@ -3150,15 +3150,21 @@ public abstract class Parser extends ExpressionParser implements IParser
 		while (LT(1) == IToken.t_catch) {
 			consume(IToken.t_catch);
 			consume(IToken.tLPAREN);
-			if (LT(1) == IToken.tELLIPSIS)
-				consume(IToken.tELLIPSIS);
-			else
-				simpleDeclaration(SimpleDeclarationStrategy.TRY_VARIABLE,
-						scope, null, CompletionKind.EXCEPTION_REFERENCE, true,
-						KeywordSetKey.DECL_SPECIFIER_SEQUENCE);
-			consume(IToken.tRPAREN);
 
-			catchBlockCompoundStatement(scope);
+			try {
+				if (LT(1) == IToken.tELLIPSIS)
+					consume(IToken.tELLIPSIS);
+				else
+					simpleDeclaration(SimpleDeclarationStrategy.TRY_VARIABLE,
+							scope, null, CompletionKind.EXCEPTION_REFERENCE, true,
+							KeywordSetKey.DECL_SPECIFIER_SEQUENCE);
+				consume(IToken.tRPAREN);
+	
+				catchBlockCompoundStatement(scope);
+			} catch (BacktrackException b) {
+				failParse(b);
+				failParseWithErrorHandling();
+			}
 		}
 	}