diff --git a/lib/checksizeof.cpp b/lib/checksizeof.cpp
index 4c82c991e..11fe5c7bb 100644
--- a/lib/checksizeof.cpp
+++ b/lib/checksizeof.cpp
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ void CheckSizeof::checkSizeofForPointerSize()
             while (Token::Match(variable, "%var% ::|."))
                 variable = variable->tokAt(2);
 
+            while (Token::Match(variable2, "%var% ::|."))
+                variable2 = variable2->tokAt(2);
+
             // Ensure the variables are in the symbol database
             // Also ensure the variables are pointers
             // Only keep variables which are pointers
@@ -192,9 +195,9 @@ void CheckSizeof::checkSizeofForPointerSize()
 
             // Now check for the sizeof usage: Does the level of pointer indirection match?
             if (tokSize->linkAt(1)->strAt(-1) == "*") {
-                if (variable && variable->valueType() && variable->valueType()->pointer == 1)
+                if (variable && variable->valueType() && variable->valueType()->pointer == 1 && variable->valueType()->type != ValueType::VOID)
                     sizeofForPointerError(variable, variable->str());
-                else if (variable2 && variable2->valueType() && variable2->valueType()->pointer == 1)
+                else if (variable2 && variable2->valueType() && variable2->valueType()->pointer == 1 && variable2->valueType()->type != ValueType::VOID)
                     sizeofForPointerError(variable2, variable2->str());
             }
 
diff --git a/test/testsizeof.cpp b/test/testsizeof.cpp
index 0d91f5f3c..ca6acff65 100644
--- a/test/testsizeof.cpp
+++ b/test/testsizeof.cpp
@@ -573,6 +573,20 @@ private:
               "  memmove(aug + extra_string, aug, buf - (bfd_byte *)aug);\n" // #7100
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // #7518
+        check("bool create_iso_definition(cpp_reader *pfile, cpp_macro *macro) {\n"
+              "  cpp_token *token;\n"
+              "  cpp_hashnode **params = malloc(sizeof(cpp_hashnode *) * macro->paramc);\n"
+              "  memcpy(params, macro->params, sizeof(cpp_hashnode *) * macro->paramc);\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        check("void* foo() {\n"
+              "  void* AtomName = malloc(sizeof(char *) * 34);\n"
+              "  return AtomName;\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void checkPointerSizeofStruct() {