diff --git a/lib/checkautovariables.cpp b/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
index 3d8f90037..cb369285b 100644
--- a/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
@@ -593,6 +593,8 @@ void CheckAutoVariables::checkVarLifetimeScope(const Token * start, const Token
                             continue;
                         if (!isLifetimeBorrowed(tok, mSettings))
                             continue;
+                        if (tokvalue->exprId() == tok->exprId() && !(tok->variable() && tok->variable()->isArray()))
+                            continue;
                         if ((tokvalue->variable() && !isEscapedReference(tokvalue->variable()) &&
                              isInScope(tokvalue->variable()->nameToken(), scope)) ||
                             isDeadTemporary(mTokenizer->isCPP(), tokvalue, tok, &mSettings->library)) {
diff --git a/test/testautovariables.cpp b/test/testautovariables.cpp
index bfc9439ff..eec7ea87d 100644
--- a/test/testautovariables.cpp
+++ b/test/testautovariables.cpp
@@ -2579,6 +2579,24 @@ private:
               "  }\n"
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // #10090
+        check("struct a {\n"
+              "    int b{};\n"
+              "};\n"
+              "struct c {\n"
+              "    int* c{};\n"
+              "    a* d{};\n"
+              "};\n"
+              "a* f();\n"
+              "c g() {\n"
+              "    c e;\n"
+              "    e.d = f();\n"
+              "    if (e.d)\n"
+              "        e.c = &e.d->b;\n"
+              "    return e;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void danglingLifetimeFunction() {