diff --git a/lib/checkexceptionsafety.cpp b/lib/checkexceptionsafety.cpp
index f793891de..09d0589cb 100644
--- a/lib/checkexceptionsafety.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkexceptionsafety.cpp
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ void CheckExceptionSafety::checkCatchExceptionByValue()
 static const Token * functionThrowsRecursive(const Function * function, std::set<const Function *> & recursive)
 {
     // check for recursion and bail if found
-    if (recursive.find(function) != recursive.end())
+    if (!recursive.insert(function).second)
         return nullptr;
 
     if (!function->functionScope)
diff --git a/test/testexceptionsafety.cpp b/test/testexceptionsafety.cpp
index 30206bc9d..401808197 100644
--- a/test/testexceptionsafety.cpp
+++ b/test/testexceptionsafety.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(nothrowThrow);
         TEST_CASE(unhandledExceptionSpecification); // #4800
         TEST_CASE(nothrowAttributeThrow);
+        TEST_CASE(nothrowAttributeThrow2); // #5703
     }
 
     void check(const char code[], bool inconclusive = false) {
@@ -372,6 +373,15 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void nothrowAttributeThrow2() {
+        check("class foo {\n"
+              "  void copyMemberValues() throw () {\n"
+              "      copyMemberValues();\n"
+              "   }\n"
+              "};\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestExceptionSafety)