diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index a671d0b58..3d7826652 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -2967,7 +2967,7 @@ void CheckOther::checkUnusedLabel()
             if (!tok->scope()->isExecutable())
                 tok = tok->scope()->bodyEnd;
 
-            if (Token::Match(tok, "{|}|; %name% :") && tok->strAt(1) != "default") {
+            if (Token::Match(tok, "{|}|; %name% :") && !tok->tokAt(1)->isKeyword()) {
                 const std::string tmp("goto " + tok->strAt(1));
                 if (!Token::findsimplematch(scope->bodyStart->next(), tmp.c_str(), tmp.size(), scope->bodyEnd->previous()))
                     unusedLabelError(tok->next(), tok->next()->scope()->type == Scope::eSwitch, hasIfdef);
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 52183a2fa..59e47130f 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -4071,6 +4071,11 @@ private:
               "    return 1;\n" // <- clarify for tools that function does not continue..
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        check("void f() {\n"
+              "    enum : uint8_t { A, B } var = A;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }