diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/CompletionParseTest.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/CompletionParseTest.java
index f4e14285465..c29f7d2ada8 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/CompletionParseTest.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/CompletionParseTest.java
@@ -1066,4 +1066,24 @@ public class CompletionParseTest extends CompletionParseBaseTest {
 				foundStruct = true;
 		assertTrue( foundStruct );		
 	}
+	
+	public void testBug62721() throws Exception
+	{
+		Writer writer = new StringWriter();
+		writer.write( "int f() {\n" ); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		writer.write( "short blah;\n" ); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		writer.write( "int x = sizeof(bl" ); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		String code = writer.toString();
+		IASTCompletionNode node = parse( code, code.indexOf( "of(bl") + 3); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		assertNotNull( node );
+		assertEquals( node.getCompletionKind(), CompletionKind.SINGLE_NAME_REFERENCE );
+		assertNull( node.getCompletionContext() );
+		IASTNode.LookupKind [] kinds = new IASTNode.LookupKind[1];
+		kinds[0] = IASTNode.LookupKind.LOCAL_VARIABLES;
+		IASTNode.ILookupResult result = node.getCompletionScope().lookup( node.getCompletionPrefix(), kinds, null, null );
+		assertEquals( result.getResultsSize(), 1 );
+		IASTNode blah = (IASTNode) result.getNodes().next();
+		assertTrue( blah instanceof IASTVariable );
+		assertEquals( ((IASTVariable)blah).getName(), "blah" ); //$NON-NLS-1$
+	}
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/ExpressionParser.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/ExpressionParser.java
index e056f89b709..a5d3451adfa 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/ExpressionParser.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/ExpressionParser.java
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@ public class ExpressionParser implements IExpressionParser, IParserData {
 	                try
 	                {
 	                    consume(IToken.tLPAREN);
-	                    d = typeId(scope, false, CompletionKind.TYPE_REFERENCE);
+	                    d = typeId(scope, false, CompletionKind.SINGLE_NAME_REFERENCE);
 	                    consume(IToken.tRPAREN);
 	                }
 	                catch (BacktrackException bt)