diff --git a/src/libs/cplusplus/ResolveExpression.cpp b/src/libs/cplusplus/ResolveExpression.cpp
index 08ea8229c90..633edae47d7 100644
--- a/src/libs/cplusplus/ResolveExpression.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/cplusplus/ResolveExpression.cpp
@@ -906,6 +906,8 @@ ClassOrNamespace *ResolveExpression::baseExpression(const QList<LookupItem> &bas
     TypedefsResolver typedefsResolver(_context);
 
     foreach (const LookupItem &r, baseResults) {
+        if (!r.type().type())
+            continue;
         FullySpecifiedType ty = r.type().simplified();
         FullySpecifiedType originalType = ty;
         Scope *scope = r.scope();
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.cpp
index bc807c7f6ca..6a2b1974591 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.cpp
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ bool CheckSymbols::maybeAddField(const QList<LookupItem> &candidates, NameAST *a
             return false;
         else if (! (c->enclosingScope() && c->enclosingScope()->isClass()))
             return false; // shadowed
-        else if (c->isTypedef() || c->type()->isFunctionType())
+        else if (c->isTypedef() || (c->type() && c->type()->isFunctionType()))
             return false; // shadowed
 
         unsigned line, column;