diff --git a/lib/checknullpointer.cpp b/lib/checknullpointer.cpp
index fe8c8a9d9..970f2e4d7 100644
--- a/lib/checknullpointer.cpp
+++ b/lib/checknullpointer.cpp
@@ -1203,6 +1203,14 @@ private:
                     if (CheckNullPointer::isPointerDeRef(tok2, unknown, symbolDatabase) || unknown)
                         dereference(checks, tok2);
                 }
+
+                // If return statement contains "?" then assume there
+                // is no dangours dereferencing later
+                if (tok2->str() == "?") {
+                    while (tok2 && tok2->str() != ";")
+                        tok2 = tok2->next();
+                    return tok2;
+                }
             }
             return tok2;
         }
diff --git a/test/testnullpointer.cpp b/test/testnullpointer.cpp
index a3f67df5d..1ab79fbeb 100644
--- a/test/testnullpointer.cpp
+++ b/test/testnullpointer.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(nullpointer12); // ticket #2470
         TEST_CASE(nullpointer13); // ticket #1708
         TEST_CASE(nullpointer14);
+        TEST_CASE(nullpointer15); // #3560 (fp: return p ? f(*p) : f(0))
         TEST_CASE(pointerCheckAndDeRef);     // check if pointer is null and then dereference it
         TEST_CASE(nullConstantDereference);  // Dereference NULL constant
         TEST_CASE(gcc_statement_expression); // Don't crash
@@ -1164,6 +1165,15 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:6]: (error) Possible null pointer dereference: q\n", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void nullpointer15() {  // #3560
+        check("void f() {\n"
+              "    char *p = 0;\n"
+              "    if (x) p = \"abcd\";\n"
+              "    return p ? f(*p) : f(0);\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     // Check if pointer is null and the dereference it
     void pointerCheckAndDeRef() {
         check("void foo(char *p) {\n"