diff --git a/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index db8789593..4af3466a3 100644
--- a/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -1270,6 +1270,30 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::simplifycode(Token *tok, bool &all)
                 done = false;
             }
 
+            // Reduce "} else .." => "} if .."
+            if (Token::simpleMatch(tok2, "} else"))
+            {
+                int indentlevel = 0;
+                for (const Token *tok3 = tok2; tok3; tok3 = tok3->previous())
+                {
+                    if (tok3->str() == "{")
+                    {
+                        --indentlevel;
+                        if (indentlevel == 0)
+                        {
+                            if (tok3->previous()->str() == "if")
+                                tok2->next()->str("if");
+                        }
+                        if (indentlevel <= 0)
+                            break;
+                    }
+                    else if (tok3->str() == "}")
+                    {
+                        ++indentlevel;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             // Remove "catch ;"
             if (Token::simpleMatch(tok2->next(), "catch ;"))
             {
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index b9f8e172d..6da611d44 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -444,11 +444,15 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; ifv xxx ;", simplifycode("; ifv ; else xxx ;"));
 
         {
-            const char code[] = "; alloc ; if { dealloc ; return ; }";
-            ASSERT_EQUALS(code, simplifycode(code));
-            ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ;", simplifycode(code, true));
+            const char code1[] = "; alloc ; if { dealloc ; return ; }";
+            ASSERT_EQUALS(code1, simplifycode(code1));
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ;", simplifycode(code1, true));
+
+            const char code2[] = "; alloc ; if { dealloc ; return ; } else { return ; }";
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ; if return ;", simplifycode(code2));
         }
 
+
         // switch..
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ; dealloc ;", simplifycode(";alloc;switch{case;break;};dealloc;"));