diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index ccc5d8d17..33a869b5f 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -2582,10 +2582,10 @@ void CheckOther::complexDuplicateExpressionCheck(const std::list<const Function*
         const std::string &toCheck,
         const std::string &alt)
 {
-    std::string statementStart(",|=|return");
+    std::string statementStart(",|=|?|:|return");
     if (!alt.empty())
         statementStart += "|" + alt;
-    std::string statementEnd(";|,");
+    std::string statementEnd(";|,|?|:");
     if (!alt.empty())
         statementEnd += "|" + alt;
 
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 776e6e99a..41a64b870 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(incorrectLogicOperator3);
         TEST_CASE(secondAlwaysTrueFalseWhenFirstTrueError);
         TEST_CASE(incorrectLogicOp_condSwapping);
+        TEST_CASE(sameExpression);
 
         TEST_CASE(memsetZeroBytes);
 
@@ -3064,6 +3065,15 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (warning) Logical conjunction always evaluates to false: x < 1 && x > 3.\n", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void sameExpression() {
+        // #3868 - false positive (same expression on both sides of |)
+        check("void f(int x) {\n"
+              "    a = x ? A | B | C\n"
+              "          : A | B;\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void comparisonOfBoolExpressionWithInt1() {
         check("void f(int x) {\n"
               "    if ((x && 0x0f)==6)\n"