diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index 07e90a25e..60a17c905 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ public:
             }
             if (tok->str() != "::" && Token::Match(tok->next(), "%var% ( %type%"))
             {
-                if (!Token::simpleMatch(tok->tokAt(2)->link(), ") {"))
+                if (!Token::Match(tok->tokAt(2)->link(), ") [{;]"))
                     continue;
                 const Token *tok2 = tok->tokAt(3);
                 while (tok2 && tok2->str() != ")")
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index 0d2c3ffc8..973071bb6 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1128,6 +1128,7 @@ private:
     {
         // function analysis..
         ASSERT_EQUALS("foo", analyseFunctions("void foo(int x) { }"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("foo", analyseFunctions("void foo(int x);"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("foo", analyseFunctions("void foo(const int &x) { }"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("foo", analyseFunctions("void foo(int &x) { ++x; }"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", analyseFunctions("void foo(int &x) { x = 0; }"));