diff --git a/src/Psalm/Type.php b/src/Psalm/Type.php
index b76bccc81..77762338d 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Type.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Type.php
@@ -406,6 +406,10 @@ abstract class Type
             );
         }
 
+        if ($parse_tree instanceof ParseTree\MethodTree) {
+            throw new TypeParseTreeException('Misplaced brackets');
+        }
+
         if (!$parse_tree instanceof ParseTree\Value) {
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Unrecognised parse tree type ' . get_class($parse_tree));
         }
diff --git a/tests/TypeParseTest.php b/tests/TypeParseTest.php
index 052f15960..bf8530026 100644
--- a/tests/TypeParseTest.php
+++ b/tests/TypeParseTest.php
@@ -489,6 +489,16 @@ class TypeParseTest extends TestCase
         Type::parseString(':array');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Psalm\Exception\TypeParseTreeException
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testBadBrackets()
+    {
+        Type::parseString('max(a)');
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException \Psalm\Exception\TypeParseTreeException
      *