diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index dbcb5cad1..631a52dcc 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -1716,6 +1716,13 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::simplifycode(Token *tok)
                     done = false;
                 }
 
+                // Reduce "if continue ; if continue ;" => "if continue ;"
+                else if (Token::Match(tok2->next(), "if continue ; if continue ;"))
+                {
+                    Token::eraseTokens(tok2, tok2->tokAt(4));
+                    done = false;
+                }
+
                 // Reduce "if return ; alloc ;" => "alloc ;"
                 else if (Token::Match(tok2, "[;{}] if return ; alloc|return ;"))
                 {
@@ -1759,6 +1766,13 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::simplifycode(Token *tok)
                     done = false;
                 }
 
+                // Remove "else" after "if continue|break|return"
+                else if (Token::Match(tok2->next(), "if continue|break|return ; else"))
+                {
+                    tok2->tokAt(4)->deleteThis();
+                    done = false;
+                }
+
                 // Delete "if { dealloc|assign|use ; return ; }"
                 else if (Token::Match(tok2, "[;{}] if { dealloc|assign|use ; return ; }"))
                 {
@@ -2273,6 +2287,8 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::checkScope(const Token *Tok1, const std::string
             tok2->str("use");
         else if (tok2->str() == "use_")
             tok2->str(";");
+        else if (Token::simpleMatch(tok2, "loop use_ {"))
+            tok2->deleteNext();
         else if (tok2->str() == "::use")    // Some kind of member function usage. Not analyzed very well.
             tok2->str("use");
         else if (tok2->str() == "recursive")
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index be43055c9..8dc80ed52 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -686,9 +686,9 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ;", simplifycode("; if { alloc; } else { return; }"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ; dealloc ;", simplifycode("; alloc ; if(!var) { alloc ; } dealloc ;"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; use ;", simplifycode("; if(var) use ;"));
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("; break ;", simplifycode("; if break ; else break ;"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(";", simplifycode("; if break ; else break ;"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ; if return ;", simplifycode("; alloc ; loop { if return ; if continue ; }"));
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ; if return ;", simplifycode("; alloc ; loop { if continue ; else return ; }"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ; loop return ;", simplifycode("; alloc ; loop { if continue ; else return ; }"));
 
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ; if dealloc ;", simplifycode("; alloc ; if(!var) { return ; } if { dealloc ; }"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; if alloc ; else assign ; return use ;", simplifycode("; callfunc ; if callfunc { alloc ; } else { assign ; } return use ;"));
@@ -740,6 +740,9 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("dealloc ; alloc ;", simplifycode("while1 { dealloc ; alloc ; }"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("use ; }", simplifycode("loop { use ; callfunc ; } }"));
 
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(";", simplifycode("; loop { if { continue ; } else { if continue ; } }"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(";", simplifycode("; loop { { if continue ; if continue ; } }"));
+
         // scope..
         // current result - ok
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; assign ; dealloc ; if alloc ; }", simplifycode("; assign ; { dealloc ; if alloc ; } }"));