diff --git a/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 21b56a754..f1359768c 100644
--- a/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakClass::CheckMemoryLeak_CheckScope(const Token *Tok1, const c
         MemoryLeak(result->tokAt(3), varname, alloctype, all);
     }
 
-    else if ((result = Token::findmatch(tok, "alloc ; alloc|assign|return ;")) != NULL)
+    else if ((result = Token::findmatch(tok, "alloc ; alloc|assign|return callfunc| ;")) != NULL)
     {
         MemoryLeak(result->tokAt(2), varname, alloctype, all);
     }
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index c677e93ba..dc83d4028 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -1993,6 +1993,14 @@ private:
               "    }\n"
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:9]: (error) Memory leak: p\n", errout.str());
+
+        check("void foo()\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "    int *p = new int[100];\n"
+              "    p = g();\n"
+              "    delete [] p;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) Memory leak: p\n", errout.str());
     }
 
     void unknownFunction3()