1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/cc-engine.el b/lisp/progmodes/cc-engine.el
index 11ddb39ed91..edb873f5a62 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cc-engine.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cc-engine.el
@@ -10678,6 +10678,8 @@ This function might do hidden buffer changes."
         (c-forward-syntactic-ws))
 
       (when (and (not got-identifier)
+                 (or backup-at-type
+                     (not (memq context '(arglist decl))))
                  (or (and new-style-auto
                           (looking-at c-auto-ops-re))
                      (and (or maybe-typeless backup-maybe-typeless)