diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodecompletion.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodecompletion.cpp
index 635bf9e7b01..935e0315959 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodecompletion.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppcodecompletion.cpp
@@ -634,8 +634,10 @@ int CppCodeCompletion::startPosition() const
 bool CppCodeCompletion::triggersCompletion(TextEditor::ITextEditable *editor)
 {
     const int pos = editor->position();
-    if (startOfOperator(editor, pos, /*token =*/ 0, /*want function call=*/ true) != pos) {
-        if (m_completionOperator == T_POUND) {
+    unsigned token = T_EOF_SYMBOL;
+
+    if (startOfOperator(editor, pos, &token, /*want function call=*/ true) != pos) {
+        if (token == T_POUND) {
             if (TextEditor::BaseTextEditor *edit = qobject_cast<TextEditor::BaseTextEditor *>(editor->widget())) {
                 QTextCursor tc(edit->document());
                 tc.setPosition(pos);