diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 9196cec63..dd628e6e1 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -2578,7 +2578,7 @@ static const Token* skipPointers(const Token* tok)
 
 bool Scope::isVariableDeclaration(const Token* tok, const Token*& vartok, const Token*& typetok) const
 {
-    if (tok && tok->str() == "throw" && check->_tokenizer->isCPP())
+    if (tok && (tok->str() == "throw" || tok->str() == "new") && check->_tokenizer->isCPP())
         return false;
 
     const Token* localTypeTok = skipScopeIdentifiers(tok);
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index 9bafedd16..59120fb72 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(symboldatabase40); // ticket #5153
         TEST_CASE(symboldatabase41); // ticket #5197 (unknown macro)
         TEST_CASE(symboldatabase42); // only put variables in variable list
+        TEST_CASE(symboldatabase43); // #4738
 
         TEST_CASE(isImplicitlyVirtual);
 
@@ -1863,6 +1864,13 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(0U, fscope ? fscope->varlist.size() : ~0U);  // "x" is not a variable
     }
 
+    void symboldatabase43() { // ticket #4738
+        check("void f() {\n"
+              "    new int;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void isImplicitlyVirtual() {
         {
             GET_SYMBOL_DB("class Base {\n"