diff --git a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
index 575bf7276..a9c0bb14a 100644
--- a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
@@ -644,8 +644,7 @@ void CheckLeakAutoVar::checkScope(const Token * const startToken,
         }
 
         // Function call..
-        else if (isFunctionCall(ftok)) {
-            const Token * openingPar = isFunctionCall(ftok);
+        else if (const Token* openingPar = isFunctionCall(ftok)) {
             const Library::AllocFunc* af = mSettings->library.getDeallocFuncInfo(ftok);
             VarInfo::AllocInfo allocation(af ? af->groupId : 0, VarInfo::DEALLOC, ftok);
             if (allocation.type == 0)
@@ -658,7 +657,9 @@ void CheckLeakAutoVar::checkScope(const Token * const startToken,
 
             // Handle scopes that might be noreturn
             if (allocation.status == VarInfo::NOALLOC && Token::simpleMatch(tok, ") ; }")) {
-                const std::string functionName(mSettings->library.getFunctionName(tok->link()->previous()));
+                if (ftok->isKeyword())
+                    continue;
+                const std::string functionName(mSettings->library.getFunctionName(ftok));
                 bool unknown = false;
                 if (mTokenizer->isScopeNoReturn(tok->tokAt(2), &unknown)) {
                     if (!unknown)
diff --git a/test/testleakautovar.cpp b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
index f19c23b23..6f881e87a 100644
--- a/test/testleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
@@ -2401,6 +2401,11 @@ private:
               "    int(i);\n"
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        check("void f() {\n"
+              "    static_assert(1 == sizeof(char), \"test\");\n"
+              "}\n", /*cpp*/ true);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void ptrptr() {