diff --git a/lib/checkassignif.cpp b/lib/checkassignif.cpp
index ed9fef11a..197367025 100644
--- a/lib/checkassignif.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkassignif.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ bool CheckAssignIf::assignIfParseScope(const Token * const assignTok,
                                        const MathLib::bigint num)
 {
     for (const Token *tok2 = startTok; tok2; tok2 = tok2->next()) {
+        if (Token::Match(tok2, "%varid% =", varid))
+            return true;
         if (Token::Match(tok2, "[(,] &| %varid% [,)]", varid))
             return true;
         if (tok2->str() == "}")
diff --git a/test/testassignif.cpp b/test/testassignif.cpp
index dfec2c86f..9bf4dd26d 100644
--- a/test/testassignif.cpp
+++ b/test/testassignif.cpp
@@ -154,6 +154,14 @@ private:
               "    if (y==8);\n" // non-local variable => no error
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // #4434 : false positive: ?:
+        check("void f(int x) {\n"
+              "    x = x & 1;\n"
+              "    x = x & 1 ? 1 : -1;\n"
+              "    if(x != -1) { }\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void compare() {