diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPFunction.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPFunction.java
index 9dba1e44cce..66cc3129c3b 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPFunction.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPFunction.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IBinding;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IFunction;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IFunctionType;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IParameter;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IProblemBinding;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IScope;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTDeclSpecifier;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTFunctionDeclarator;
@@ -262,7 +263,14 @@ public class CPPFunction extends PlatformObject implements ICPPFunction, ICPPInt
 		if( size > 0 ){
 			for( int i = 0; i < size; i++ ){
 				IASTParameterDeclaration p = params[i];
-				result[i] = (IParameter) p.getDeclarator().getName().resolveBinding();
+				final IASTName name = p.getDeclarator().getName();
+				final IBinding binding= name.resolveBinding();
+				if (binding instanceof IParameter) {
+					result[i]= (IParameter) binding;
+				}
+				else {
+					result[i] = new CPPParameter.CPPParameterProblem(p, IProblemBinding.SEMANTIC_INVALID_TYPE, name.toCharArray());
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		return result;
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPParameter.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPParameter.java
index 44071a199e6..42f9e7b2451 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPParameter.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/CPPParameter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2004, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2007 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPParameter;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.util.ArrayUtil;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.Linkage;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.ASTNode;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.dom.parser.ProblemBinding;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.PlatformObject;
 
 /**
@@ -65,6 +66,42 @@ public class CPPParameter extends PlatformObject implements ICPPParameter, ICPPI
 		}
     }
     
+    public static class CPPParameterProblem extends ProblemBinding implements ICPPParameter {
+        public CPPParameterProblem( IASTNode node, int id, char[] arg ) {
+            super( node, id, arg );
+        }
+        public IType getType() throws DOMException {
+            throw new DOMException( this );
+        }
+        public boolean isStatic() throws DOMException {
+            throw new DOMException( this );
+        }
+        public boolean isExtern() throws DOMException {
+            throw new DOMException( this );
+        }
+        public boolean isAuto() throws DOMException {
+            throw new DOMException( this );        
+        }
+        public boolean isRegister() throws DOMException {
+            throw new DOMException( this );
+        }
+		public boolean hasDefaultValue() {
+            return false;
+		}
+		public boolean isMutable() throws DOMException {
+            throw new DOMException( this );
+		}
+		public String[] getQualifiedName() throws DOMException {
+            throw new DOMException( this );
+		}
+		public char[][] getQualifiedNameCharArray() throws DOMException {
+            throw new DOMException( this );
+		}
+		public boolean isGloballyQualified() throws DOMException {
+            throw new DOMException( this );
+		}
+    }
+
 	private IType type = null;
 	private IASTName [] declarations = null;