diff --git a/simplecpp.cpp b/simplecpp.cpp
index c5760145..f10113aa 100644
--- a/simplecpp.cpp
+++ b/simplecpp.cpp
@@ -2019,7 +2019,13 @@ namespace simplecpp {
 
                 tok = tok->next;
                 if (tok == endToken2) {
-                    output.push_back(new Token(*tok->previous));
+                    if (tok) {
+                        output.push_back(new Token(*tok->previous));
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        output.push_back(new Token(*nameTokInst));
+                        output.back()->setstr("\"\"");
+                    }
                     break;
                 }
                 if (tok->op == '#') {
diff --git a/test.cpp b/test.cpp
index f42b2189..989bb88d 100644
--- a/test.cpp
+++ b/test.cpp
@@ -1041,6 +1041,16 @@ static void define_va_opt_7()
                   toString(outputList));
 }
 
+static void define_va_opt_8()
+{
+    const char code[] = "#define f(...) #__VA_OPT__(x)\n"
+                        "const char* v1 = f();";
+
+    simplecpp::OutputList outputList;
+    ASSERT_EQUALS("\nconst char * v1 = \"\" ;", preprocess(code, &outputList));
+    ASSERT_EQUALS("", toString(outputList));
+}
+
 static void define_ifdef()
 {
     const char code[] = "#define A(X) X\n"
@@ -3350,6 +3360,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     TEST_CASE(define_va_opt_5);
     TEST_CASE(define_va_opt_6);
     TEST_CASE(define_va_opt_7);
+    TEST_CASE(define_va_opt_8);
 
     TEST_CASE(pragma_backslash); // multiline pragma directive