diff --git a/src/Tokenizers/PHP.php b/src/Tokenizers/PHP.php
index 5180a5f0e8..085d74990a 100644
--- a/src/Tokenizers/PHP.php
+++ b/src/Tokenizers/PHP.php
@@ -1149,6 +1149,7 @@ protected function tokenize($string)
 
                     if ($tokenType === T_STRING
                         || $tokenType === T_ARRAY
+                        || $tokenType === T_NAMESPACE
                         || $tokenType === T_NS_SEPARATOR
                     ) {
                         $lastRelevantNonEmpty = $tokenType;
@@ -1382,6 +1383,7 @@ function return types. We want to keep the parenthesis map clean,
                             T_CALLABLE     => T_CALLABLE,
                             T_SELF         => T_SELF,
                             T_PARENT       => T_PARENT,
+                            T_NAMESPACE    => T_NAMESPACE,
                             T_NS_SEPARATOR => T_NS_SEPARATOR,
                         ];