diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 8271bfb7a..f140f8869 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -2914,6 +2914,9 @@ void CheckOther::checkSuspiciousStringCompare()
 
             if (varTok->strAt(-1) == "+" || litTok->strAt(1) == "+")
                 continue;
+	    // rough filter for index access (#5734). Might cause false negatives in multidimensional structures
+            if (Token::simpleMatch(varTok->tokAt(1), "[") || Token::simpleMatch(litTok->tokAt(1), "["))
+                continue;
 
             if ((varTok->type() == Token::eString || varTok->type() == Token::eVariable) && (litTok->type() == Token::eString || litTok->type() == Token::eVariable) && litTok->type() != varTok->type()) {
                 if (varTok->type() == Token::eString)
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index f3262ac19..150082844 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -5107,6 +5107,20 @@ private:
         TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (warning) String literal compared with variable 'c'. Did you intend to use strcmp() instead?\n",
                            "",
                            errout.str());
+
+        // Ticket #5734
+        check("int foo(char c) {\n"
+              "return c == '42';}", "test.cpp");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+        check("int foo(char c) {\n"
+              "return c == '42';}", "test.c");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+        check("int foo(char c) {\n"
+              "return c == \"42\"[0];}", "test.cpp", false, true, false, false);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+        check("int foo(char c) {\n"
+              "return c == \"42\"[0];}", "test.c", false, true, false, false);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void check_signOfUnsignedVariable(const char code[], bool inconclusive=false) {