diff --git a/lib/checkclass.cpp b/lib/checkclass.cpp
index 11a73e2e9..d2fb2e3e4 100644
--- a/lib/checkclass.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkclass.cpp
@@ -152,8 +152,11 @@ CheckClass::Var *CheckClass::getVarList(const Token *tok1, bool withClasses, boo
         // Array?
         else if (Token::Match(next, "%type% %var% [") && next->next()->str() != "operator")
         {
-            if (Token::findmatch(_tokenizer->tokens(), ("class|struct " + next->str()).c_str()))
-                continue;
+            if (!withClasses)
+            {
+                if (Token::findmatch(_tokenizer->tokens(), ("class|struct " + next->str()).c_str()))
+                    continue;
+            }
             varname = next->strAt(1);
         }
 
diff --git a/test/testclass.cpp b/test/testclass.cpp
index 7feede591..14a48e8e3 100644
--- a/test/testclass.cpp
+++ b/test/testclass.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(const14);
         TEST_CASE(const15);
         TEST_CASE(const16); // ticket #1551
+        TEST_CASE(const17); // ticket #1552
         TEST_CASE(constoperator);   // operator< can often be const
         TEST_CASE(constincdec);     // increment/decrement => non-const
         TEST_CASE(constReturnReference);
@@ -2788,6 +2789,18 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void const17()
+    {
+        // ticket #1552
+        checkConst("class Fred {\n"
+                   "public:\n"
+                   "    void set(int i, int j) { a[i].k = i; }\n"
+                   "private:\n"
+                   "    struct { int k; } a[4];\n"
+                   "};\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     // increment/decrement => not const
     void constincdec()
     {