diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/cc-engine.el b/lisp/progmodes/cc-engine.el
index db1f46621da..862652e2e5f 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cc-engine.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cc-engine.el
@@ -6135,7 +6135,7 @@ comment at the start of cc-engine.el for more info."
 	  (setq s (cons -1 (cdr s))))
 	 ((and (equal match ",")
 	       (eq (car s) -1)))	; at "," in "class foo : bar, ..."
-	 ((member match '(";" "," ")"))
+	 ((member match '(";" "*" "," "("))
 	  (when (and s (cdr s) (<= (car s) 0))
 	    (setq s (cdr s))))
 	 ((c-keyword-member kwd-sym 'c-flat-decl-block-kwds)
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/cc-langs.el b/lisp/progmodes/cc-langs.el
index 53f6206a821..85cc8871100 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cc-langs.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cc-langs.el
@@ -3180,8 +3180,8 @@ Note that Java specific rules are currently applied to tell this from
       (append
        (c-lang-const c-flat-decl-block-kwds)
        (if (c-lang-const c-recognize-<>-arglists)
-	   '("{" "}" ";" "," ")" ":" "<")
-	 '("{" "}" ";" "," ")" ":")))))
+	   '("{" "}" ";" "*" "," ")" ":" "<")
+	 '("{" "}" ";" "*" "," ")" ":")))))
 (c-lang-defvar c-brace-stack-thing-key (c-lang-const c-brace-stack-thing-key))
 
 (c-lang-defconst c-brace-stack-no-semi-key