diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index ef67d469b..ff5c7e007 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -2754,7 +2754,7 @@ void CheckOther::checkReturnIgnoredReturnValue()
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < functions; ++i) {
         const Scope * scope = symbolDatabase->functionScopes[i];
         for (const Token* tok = scope->classStart; tok != scope->classEnd; tok = tok->next()) {
-            if (!Token::Match(tok, "%var% ("))
+            if (tok->varId() || !Token::Match(tok, "%var% ("))
                 continue;
 
             if (!tok->next()->astParent() && _settings->library.useretval.find(tok->str()) != _settings->library.useretval.end())
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index afeff0035..61da1fe93 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -6279,6 +6279,12 @@ private:
               "    bool b = strcmp(a, b);\n"
               "}", "test.cpp", false, false, false, true, &settings_std);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // #6194
+        check("void foo() {\n"
+              "    std::ofstream log(logfile.c_str(), std::ios::out);\n"
+              "}", "test.cpp", false, false, false, true, &settings_std);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 };