diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.h b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.h
index ec1f6aa8eb911c2e3b88b339eb38886bb99543bd..2490c8d27fbd1ee31b15265c5608c9389986c88b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditorplugin.h
@@ -201,13 +201,14 @@ private slots:
     void test_quickfix_ExtractLiteralAsParameter_typeDeduction();
     void test_quickfix_ExtractLiteralAsParameter_freeFunction_separateFiles();
     void test_quickfix_ExtractLiteralAsParameter_memberFunction_separateFiles();
+    void test_quickfix_ExtractLiteralAsParameter_notTriggeringForInvalidCode();
 
     void test_quickfix_InsertVirtualMethods_data();
     void test_quickfix_InsertVirtualMethods();
     void test_quickfix_InsertVirtualMethods_implementationFile();
     void test_quickfix_InsertVirtualMethods_BaseClassInNamespace();
 
-    // tests for "Include Hiererchy"
+    // tests for "Include Hierarchy"
     void test_includehierarchy_data();
     void test_includehierarchy();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfix_test.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfix_test.cpp
index 3e28a2025a8bed2cebe69481473eb791769c8c5d..2ef0c891227e5dba4613d52d88391f7b7739cccb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfix_test.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfix_test.cpp
@@ -3614,3 +3614,21 @@ void CppEditorPlugin::test_quickfix_ExtractLiteralAsParameter_memberFunction_sep
     ExtractLiteralAsParameter factory;
     QuickFixTestCase(testFiles, &factory);
 }
+
+void CppEditorPlugin::test_quickfix_ExtractLiteralAsParameter_notTriggeringForInvalidCode()
+{
+    QList<QuickFixTestDocument::Ptr> testFiles;
+    QByteArray original;
+    QByteArray expected;
+
+    original =
+        "T(\"test\")\n"
+        "{\n"
+        "    const int i = @14;\n"
+        "}\n";
+    expected = original;
+    testFiles << QuickFixTestDocument::create("file.cpp", original, expected);
+
+    ExtractLiteralAsParameter factory;
+    QuickFixTestCase(testFiles, &factory);
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixes.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixes.cpp
index dfdcfbc18f2a0f4e014320077fcaf55946a28a4f..590b6ed7f19f224e685c9597bdfd140736a10c12 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixes.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppquickfixes.cpp
@@ -3884,13 +3884,15 @@ void ExtractLiteralAsParameter::match(const CppQuickFixInterface &interface,
             return;
     }
 
-    FunctionDeclaratorAST *functionDeclarator
-            = function->declarator->postfix_declarator_list->value->asFunctionDeclarator();
-    if (functionDeclarator
-            && functionDeclarator->parameter_declaration_clause
-            && functionDeclarator->parameter_declaration_clause->dot_dot_dot_token) {
-        // Do not handle functions with ellipsis parameter.
+    PostfixDeclaratorListAST * const declaratorList = function->declarator->postfix_declarator_list;
+    if (!declaratorList)
         return;
+    if (FunctionDeclaratorAST *declarator = declaratorList->value->asFunctionDeclarator()) {
+        if (declarator->parameter_declaration_clause
+                && declarator->parameter_declaration_clause->dot_dot_dot_token) {
+            // Do not handle functions with ellipsis parameter.
+            return;
+        }
     }
 
     const int priority = path.size() - 1;