diff --git a/lib/checkio.cpp b/lib/checkio.cpp
index ab9f97b27..a1cc7c682 100644
--- a/lib/checkio.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkio.cpp
@@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ CheckIO::ArgumentInfo::ArgumentInfo(const Token * tok, const Settings *settings,
     // TODO: This is a bailout so that old code is used in simple cases. Remove the old code and always use the AST type.
     if (!Token::Match(tok, "%str%|%name% ,|)")) {
         const Token *top = tok;
-        while (top->astParent() && top->astParent()->str() != "," && !(top->astParent()->str() == "(" && top->astParent()->astOperand2()))
+        while (top->astParent() && top->astParent()->str() != "," && top->astParent() != tok->previous())
             top = top->astParent();
         const ValueType *valuetype = top->argumentType();
         if (valuetype && valuetype->type >= ValueType::Type::BOOL) {
diff --git a/test/testio.cpp b/test/testio.cpp
index b2367bac8..5ae6b568e 100644
--- a/test/testio.cpp
+++ b/test/testio.cpp
@@ -2199,7 +2199,7 @@ private:
         check("void foo() {\n"
               "    printf(\"%f %d\", static_cast<int>(1.0f), reinterpret_cast<const void *>(0));\n"
               "}\n");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (warning) %f in format string (no. 1) requires 'double' but the argument type is 'int'.\n"
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (warning) %f in format string (no. 1) requires 'double' but the argument type is 'signed int'.\n"
                       "[test.cpp:2]: (warning) %d in format string (no. 2) requires 'int' but the argument type is 'const void *'.\n", errout.str());
 
         check("void foo() {\n"
@@ -2354,6 +2354,16 @@ private:
                       "[test.cpp:2]: (warning) %hx in format string (no. 6) requires 'unsigned short' but the argument type is 'unsigned int'.\n"
                       "[test.cpp:2]: (warning) %hx in format string (no. 7) requires 'unsigned short' but the argument type is 'long'.\n"
                       "[test.cpp:2]: (warning) %hx in format string (no. 8) requires 'unsigned short' but the argument type is 'unsigned long'.\n", errout.str());
+
+        // #7837 - Use ValueType for function call
+        check("struct S {\n"
+              "  double (* f)(double);\n"
+              "};\n"
+              "\n"
+              "void foo(struct S x) {\n"
+              "  printf(\"%f\", x.f(4.0));\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void testPosixPrintfScanfParameterPosition() { // #4900  - No support for parameters in format strings