diff --git a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
index d73b3e7a9aa..1fe1df10037 100644
--- a/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
+++ b/lib/templatesimplifier.cpp
@@ -2085,8 +2085,11 @@ void TemplateSimplifier::expandTemplate(
         std::stack<const Token *> templates;
         int scopeCount = 0;
         for (; tok3; tok3 = tok3->next()) {
-            if (tok3->str() == "{")
+            if (tok3->str() == "{") {
+                if (isFunction && isSpecialization && inTemplateDefinition)
+                    break;
                 ++scopeCount;
+            }
             else if (tok3->str() == "}")
                 --scopeCount;
             if (scopeCount < 0)
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytemplate.cpp b/test/testsimplifytemplate.cpp
index 66b2e022679..b28bc503869 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytemplate.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytemplate.cpp
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ class TestSimplifyTemplate : public TestFixture {
         TEST_CASE(template181);
         TEST_CASE(template182); // #13770
         TEST_CASE(template183);
+        TEST_CASE(template184);
         TEST_CASE(template_specialization_1);  // #7868 - template specialization template <typename T> struct S<C<T>> {..};
         TEST_CASE(template_specialization_2);  // #7868 - template specialization template <typename T> struct S<C<T>> {..};
         TEST_CASE(template_specialization_3);
@@ -4698,6 +4699,32 @@ class TestSimplifyTemplate : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS(exp, tok(code));
     }
 
+    void template184() {
+        const char code[] = "template <typename T>\n"
+                            "T g(T x) {\n"
+                            "  return x;\n"
+                            "}\n"
+                            "template <>\n"
+                            "float g<float>(float x) {\n"
+                            "  return x + 1.0f;\n"
+                            "}\n"
+                            "void f(int i) {\n"
+                            "  g(i);\n"
+                            "  g(1.0f);\n"
+                            "}\n";
+        const char exp[] = "float g<float> ( float x ) ; "
+                           "template < typename T > "
+                           "T g ( T x ) { return x ; } "
+                           "float g<float> ( float x ) {"
+                           " return x + 1.0f ; "
+                           "} "
+                           "void f ( int i ) {"
+                           " g ( i ) ;"
+                           " g<float> ( 1.0f ) ; "
+                           "}";
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(exp, tok(code)); // TODO: instantiate g<int>(int)
+    }
+
     void template_specialization_1() {  // #7868 - template specialization template <typename T> struct S<C<T>> {..};
         const char code[] = "template <typename T> struct C {};\n"
                             "template <typename T> struct S {a};\n"