diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.h
index f84d6828548..37c9229ed58 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.h
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ private slots:
     void test_quickfix_InsertDefFromDecl_macroUsesAtEndOfFile2();
     void test_quickfix_InsertDefFromDecl_erroneousStatementAtEndOfFile();
     void test_quickfix_InsertDefFromDecl_rvalueReference();
+    void test_quickfix_InsertDefFromDecl_functionTryBlock();
     void test_quickfix_InsertDefFromDecl_findImplementationFile();
     void test_quickfix_InsertDefFromDecl_unicodeIdentifier();
     void test_quickfix_InsertDefFromDecl_templateClass();
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfix_test.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfix_test.cpp
index 031ab3fe2dd..757659911bb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfix_test.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfix_test.cpp
@@ -4283,6 +4283,45 @@ void CppEditorPlugin::test_quickfix_InsertDefFromDecl_rvalueReference()
     QuickFixOperationTest(testDocuments, &factory);
 }
 
+void CppEditorPlugin::test_quickfix_InsertDefFromDecl_functionTryBlock()
+{
+    QList<QuickFixTestDocument::Ptr> testDocuments;
+
+    QByteArray original;
+    QByteArray expected;
+
+    // Header File
+    original = R"(
+struct Foo {
+    void tryCatchFunc();
+    void @otherFunc();
+};
+)";
+    expected = original;
+    testDocuments << QuickFixTestDocument::create("file.h", original, expected);
+
+    // Source File
+    original = R"(
+#include "file.h"
+
+void Foo::tryCatchFunc() try {} catch (...) {}
+)";
+    expected = R"(
+#include "file.h"
+
+void Foo::tryCatchFunc() try {} catch (...) {}
+
+void Foo::otherFunc()
+{
+
+}
+)";
+    testDocuments << QuickFixTestDocument::create("file.cpp", original, expected);
+
+    InsertDefFromDecl factory;
+    QuickFixOperationTest(testDocuments, &factory);
+}
+
 /// Find right implementation file. (QTCREATORBUG-10728)
 void CppEditorPlugin::test_quickfix_InsertDefFromDecl_findImplementationFile()
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixes.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixes.cpp
index 35e75bc9c96..db6f28aa987 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixes.cpp
@@ -3111,6 +3111,15 @@ public:
             // make target lookup context
             Document::Ptr targetDoc = targetFile->cppDocument();
             Scope *targetScope = targetDoc->scopeAt(loc.line(), loc.column());
+
+            // Correct scope in case of a function try-block. See QTCREATORBUG-14661.
+            if (targetScope && targetScope->asBlock()) {
+                if (Class * const enclosingClass = targetScope->enclosingClass())
+                    targetScope = enclosingClass;
+                else
+                    targetScope = targetScope->enclosingNamespace();
+            }
+
             LookupContext targetContext(targetDoc, op->snapshot());
             ClassOrNamespace *targetCoN = targetContext.lookupType(targetScope);
             if (!targetCoN)