diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 5afd710b3..ea444460b 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -1886,8 +1886,17 @@ void Tokenizer::combineOperators()
                 continue;
             }
 
-            // replace "->" with "."
+            // simplify "->"
             else if (c1 == '-' && c2 == '>') {
+                // If the preceding sequence is "( & %name% )", replace it by "%name%"
+                Token *t = tok->tokAt(-4);
+                if (t && Token::Match(t, "( & %name% )")) {
+                    t->deleteThis();
+                    t->deleteThis();
+                    t->deleteNext();
+                    tok = t->next();
+                }
+                // Replace "->" with "."
                 tok->str(".");
                 tok->originalName("->");
                 tok->deleteNext();
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index 30ddf2431..a35a346d7 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -3547,6 +3547,15 @@ private:
                         "    x = a.m;\n"
                         "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // Ticket #5776
+        checkUninitVar2("typedef struct { int a, b; } AB;\n"
+                        "void f(void) {\n"
+                        "  AB ab;\n"
+                        "  ab.a = 1;\n"
+                        "  return (&ab)->b;\n"
+                        "}", "test.c");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.c:5]: (error) Uninitialized struct member: ab.b\n", errout.str());
     }
 
     void uninitvar2_while() {