diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index b852b699255..2826469670e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Bugs fixed
   class
 * #8091: autodoc: AttributeError is raised on documenting an attribute on Python
   3.5.2
+* C++, fix parsing of template template paramters, broken by the fix of #7944
 
 Testing
 --------
diff --git a/sphinx/domains/cpp.py b/sphinx/domains/cpp.py
index 46708b846db..0b3c02e83f1 100644
--- a/sphinx/domains/cpp.py
+++ b/sphinx/domains/cpp.py
@@ -6251,6 +6251,7 @@ def parser() -> ASTExpression:
     # ==========================================================================
 
     def _parse_template_paramter(self) -> ASTTemplateParam:
+        self.skip_ws()
         if self.skip_word('template'):
             # declare a tenplate template parameter
             nestedParams = self._parse_template_parameter_list()
diff --git a/tests/test_domain_cpp.py b/tests/test_domain_cpp.py
index 118227cd799..513205cabca 100644
--- a/tests/test_domain_cpp.py
+++ b/tests/test_domain_cpp.py
@@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ def test_templates():
     check('class', "template<template<typename> typename> {key}A", {2: "II0E0E1A"})
     check('class', "template<template<typename> typename ...T> {key}A", {2: "II0EDpE1A"})
     check('class', "template<template<typename> typename...> {key}A", {2: "II0EDpE1A"})
+    check('class', "template<typename T, template<typename> typename...> {key}A", {2: "I0I0EDpE1A"})
 
     check('class', "template<int> {key}A", {2: "I_iE1A"})
     check('class', "template<int T> {key}A", {2: "I_iE1A"})