diff --git a/simplecpp.cpp b/simplecpp.cpp
index 7c4a6c4d..366a5f0b 100755
--- a/simplecpp.cpp
+++ b/simplecpp.cpp
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ void simplecpp::TokenList::combineOperators()
             if (tok->previous && tok->previous->number && sameline(tok->previous, tok)) {
                 tok->setstr(tok->previous->str() + '.');
                 deleteToken(tok->previous);
-                if (isFloatSuffix(tok->next) || (tok->next && tok->next->startsWithOneOf("AaBbCcDdEeFfPp"))) {
+                if (sameline(tok, tok->next) && (isFloatSuffix(tok->next) || (tok->next && tok->next->startsWithOneOf("AaBbCcDdEeFfPp")))) {
                     tok->setstr(tok->str() + tok->next->str());
                     deleteToken(tok->next);
                 }