diff --git a/src/libs/cplusplus/MatchingText.cpp b/src/libs/cplusplus/MatchingText.cpp
index 877145d886a..bbbb06b8311 100644
--- a/src/libs/cplusplus/MatchingText.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/cplusplus/MatchingText.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,16 @@ static bool isCompleteCharLiteral(const BackwardsScanner &tk, int index)
     return false;
 }
 
-static bool shouldInsertMatchingText(const QChar &lookAhead)
+MatchingText::MatchingText()
+{ }
+
+bool MatchingText::shouldInsertMatchingText(const QTextCursor &tc)
+{
+    QTextDocument *doc = tc.document();
+    return shouldInsertMatchingText(doc->characterAt(tc.selectionEnd()));
+}
+
+bool MatchingText::shouldInsertMatchingText(const QChar &lookAhead)
 {
     switch (lookAhead.unicode()) {
     case '{': case '}':
@@ -91,9 +100,6 @@ static bool shouldInsertMatchingText(const QChar &lookAhead)
     } // switch
 }
 
-MatchingText::MatchingText()
-{ }
-
 QString MatchingText::insertMatchingBrace(const QTextCursor &cursor, const QString &textToProcess,
                                           const QChar &la, int *skippedChars) const
 {
diff --git a/src/libs/cplusplus/MatchingText.h b/src/libs/cplusplus/MatchingText.h
index cd3d59c5c16..26af99a8bea 100644
--- a/src/libs/cplusplus/MatchingText.h
+++ b/src/libs/cplusplus/MatchingText.h
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ class CPLUSPLUS_EXPORT MatchingText
 public:
     MatchingText();
 
+    static bool shouldInsertMatchingText(const QTextCursor &tc);
+    static bool shouldInsertMatchingText(const QChar &lookAhead);
+
     QString insertMatchingBrace(const QTextCursor &tc, const QString &text,
                                 const QChar &la, int *skippedChars) const;
     QString insertParagraphSeparator(const QTextCursor &tc) const;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
index 5a6cccd2719..c6b860234e3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
@@ -1273,8 +1273,8 @@ bool CPPEditor::isElectricCharacter(const QChar &ch) const
 
 QString CPPEditor::autoComplete(QTextCursor &cursor, const QString &textToInsert) const
 {
-    bool checkBlockEnd = m_allowSkippingOfBlockEnd;
-    m_allowSkippingOfBlockEnd = false;
+    const bool checkBlockEnd = m_allowSkippingOfBlockEnd;
+    m_allowSkippingOfBlockEnd = false; // consume blockEnd.
 
     if (!contextAllowsAutoParentheses(cursor))
         return QString();
@@ -1282,16 +1282,21 @@ QString CPPEditor::autoComplete(QTextCursor &cursor, const QString &textToInsert
     QString text = textToInsert;
     const QChar lookAhead = characterAt(cursor.selectionEnd());
 
-    QString autoText;
-    int skippedChars = 0;
-
-    if (checkBlockEnd && (lookAhead == QChar::ParagraphSeparator && (! text.isEmpty() && text.at(0) == QLatin1Char('}')))) {
-        skippedChars = 2;
-        text = text.mid(1);
-    }
-
     MatchingText matchingText;
-    autoText = matchingText.insertMatchingBrace(cursor, text, lookAhead, &skippedChars);
+    int skippedChars = 0;
+    const QString autoText = matchingText.insertMatchingBrace(cursor, text, lookAhead, &skippedChars);
+
+    if (checkBlockEnd && textToInsert.at(0) == QLatin1Char('}')) {
+        if (textToInsert.length() > 1)
+            qWarning() << "*** handle event compression";
+
+        int startPos = cursor.selectionEnd(), pos = startPos;
+        while (characterAt(pos).isSpace())
+            ++pos;
+
+        if (characterAt(pos) == QLatin1Char('}'))
+            skippedChars += (pos - startPos) + 1;
+    }
 
     if (skippedChars) {
         const int pos = cursor.position();
@@ -1338,7 +1343,6 @@ int CPPEditor::paragraphSeparatorAboutToBeInserted(QTextCursor &cursor)
     if (!contextAllowsAutoParentheses(cursor))
         return 0;
 
-
     // verify that we indeed do have an extra opening brace in the document
     int braceDepth = document()->lastBlock().userState();
     if (braceDepth >= 0)
@@ -1372,6 +1376,9 @@ int CPPEditor::paragraphSeparatorAboutToBeInserted(QTextCursor &cursor)
 
 bool CPPEditor::contextAllowsAutoParentheses(const QTextCursor &cursor) const
 {
+    if (! MatchingText::shouldInsertMatchingText(cursor))
+        return false;
+
     CPlusPlus::TokenUnderCursor tokenUnderCursor;
     const SimpleToken tk = tokenUnderCursor(cursor);