diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 1c4dd2187..f79ad8f38 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -2762,7 +2762,7 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakNoVar::check()
 void CheckMemoryLeakNoVar::checkForUnusedReturnValue(const Scope *scope)
 {
     for (const Token *tok = scope->classStart; tok != scope->classEnd; tok = tok->next()) {
-        if (Token::Match(tok, "{|}|; %var% (")) {
+        if (Token::Match(tok, "{|}|; %var% (") && tok->strAt(-1) != "=") {
             tok = tok->next();
             const int allocationId = _settings->library.alloc(tok);
             if (allocationId > 0)
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 3c83d1420..d0ef25b6c 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -6345,6 +6345,12 @@ private:
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
+        check("char** x(const char* str) {\n"
+              "    char* ptr[] = { malloc(10), malloc(5), strdup(str) };\n"
+              "    return ptr;\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         check("void x()\n"
               "{\n"
               "    42,malloc(42);\n"