diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 3bae7290c..aef09625e 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -462,9 +462,9 @@ static bool checkExceptionHandling(const Token* tok)
 {
     const Variable* var = tok->variable();
     const Scope* upperScope = tok->scope();
-    if (upperScope == var->scope())
+    if (var && upperScope == var->scope())
         return true;
-    while (upperScope && upperScope->type != Scope::eTry && upperScope->type != Scope::eLambda && upperScope->nestedIn != var->scope() && upperScope->isExecutable()) {
+    while (upperScope && upperScope->type != Scope::eTry && upperScope->type != Scope::eLambda && (!var || upperScope->nestedIn != var->scope()) && upperScope->isExecutable()) {
         upperScope = upperScope->nestedIn;
     }
     if (upperScope && upperScope->type == Scope::eTry) {
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index c7a8d3fa5..e2949df83 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -5608,6 +5608,16 @@ private:
               "    }\n"
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // Member variable pointers
+        check("void podMemPtrs() {\n"
+              "    int POD::*memptr;\n"
+              "    memptr = &POD::a;\n"
+              "    memptr = &POD::b;\n"
+              "    if (memptr)\n"
+              "        memptr = 0;\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3] -> [test.cpp:4]: (performance, inconclusive) Variable 'memptr' is reassigned a value before the old one has been used if variable is no semaphore variable.\n", errout.str());
     }
 
     void redundantMemWrite() {