diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/errors/cpp_extra_brackets.i b/Examples/test-suite/errors/cpp_extra_brackets.i
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32cf7f72d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/errors/cpp_extra_brackets.i
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+%module cpp_extra_brackets
+
+// Extra brackets was segfaulting in SWIG-3.0.0
+struct ABC {
+  int operator<<(ABC &))) { return 0; }
+};
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/errors/cpp_extra_brackets.stderr b/Examples/test-suite/errors/cpp_extra_brackets.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12bb1f327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/errors/cpp_extra_brackets.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cpp_extra_brackets.i:5: Error: Syntax error in input(3).
diff --git a/Source/Swig/scanner.c b/Source/Swig/scanner.c
index 8dc3d58f5..fc1a12cc1 100644
--- a/Source/Swig/scanner.c
+++ b/Source/Swig/scanner.c
@@ -345,7 +345,8 @@ Scanner_push_brackets(Scanner *s) {
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 void
 Scanner_pop_brackets(Scanner *s) {
-  Delitem(s->brackets, 0);
+  if (Len(s->brackets) > 0) /* protect against unbalanced ')' brackets */
+    Delitem(s->brackets, 0);
 }
 
 /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------