diff --git a/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp b/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
index 553d84375..ef5cac7b6 100644
--- a/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
@@ -1180,7 +1180,11 @@ void CheckUnusedVar::checkFunctionVariableUsage()
             if (iteratorToken && iteratorToken->variable() && iteratorToken->variable()->typeEndToken()->str().find("iterator") != std::string::npos)
                 continue;
 
-            const Variable *op1Var = tok->astOperand1() ? tok->astOperand1()->variable() : nullptr;
+            const Token *op1tok = tok->astOperand1();
+            while (Token::Match(op1tok, ".|[|*"))
+                op1tok = op1tok->astOperand1();
+
+            const Variable *op1Var = op1tok ? op1tok->variable() : nullptr;
             if (op1Var && op1Var->isReference() && op1Var->nameToken() != tok->astOperand1())
                 // todo: check references
                 continue;
diff --git a/test/testunusedvar.cpp b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
index 11249d389..1a0d0cf0f 100644
--- a/test/testunusedvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
@@ -3726,6 +3726,13 @@ private:
                               "        x++;\n"
                               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        functionVariableUsage("void foo(int value) {\n"
+                              "    static int array[16] = {0};\n"
+                              "    if(array[value]) {}\n"
+                              "    array[value] = 1;\n"
+                              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void localvarextern() {