diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 059595c54..2f6ee86a2 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ private:
                 dereference(foundError, checks, &tok);
             else if (Token::Match(tok.tokAt(-2), "return * %var%"))
                 dereference(foundError, checks, &tok);
-            else if (Token::Match(tok.next(), ". %var%"))
+            else if (!Token::simpleMatch(tok.tokAt(-2), "& (") && Token::Match(tok.next(), ". %var%"))
                 dereference(foundError, checks, &tok);
             else if (Token::Match(tok.previous(), "[;{}=+-/(,] %var% [ %any% ]"))
                 dereference(foundError, checks, &tok);
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 7ee950c3e..99930949f 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ private:
         strPlusChar("void foo()\n"
                     "{\n"
                     "    int i = 1;\n"
-                    "	 const char* psz = \"Bla\";\n"
+                    "    const char* psz = \"Bla\";\n"
                     "    const std::string str = i + psz;\n"
                     "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
@@ -1015,6 +1015,13 @@ private:
                          "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
+        checkNullPointer("void get_offset(long &offset)\n"
+                         "{\n"
+                         "    mystruct * temp; temp = 0;\n"
+                         "    offset = (long)(&(temp->z));\n"
+                         "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         // function pointer..
         checkNullPointer("void foo()\n"
                          "{\n"