diff --git a/lib/checkclass.cpp b/lib/checkclass.cpp
index 195cc5b71..b0dd6cb32 100644
--- a/lib/checkclass.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkclass.cpp
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ void CheckClass::copyconstructors()
                 for (const Token* const end = func->functionScope->classEnd; tok != end; tok = tok->next()) {
                     if (Token::Match(tok, "%var% = new|malloc|g_malloc|g_try_malloc|realloc|g_realloc|g_try_realloc")) {
                         const Variable* var = tok->variable();
-                        if (var && var->isPointer() && var->scope() == scope)
+                        if (var && var->isPointer() && var->scope() == scope && !var->isStatic())
                             allocatedVars[tok->varId()] = tok;
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/test/testclass.cpp b/test/testclass.cpp
index b0fa1063b..089fd5927 100644
--- a/test/testclass.cpp
+++ b/test/testclass.cpp
@@ -595,6 +595,15 @@ private:
                              "   F() : p(malloc(100)) {}\n"
                              "};");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:1]: (style) 'class F' does not have a copy constructor which is recommended since the class contains a pointer to allocated memory.\n", errout.str());
+
+        // #7198
+        checkCopyConstructor("struct F {\n"
+                             "   static char* c;\n"
+                             "   F() {\n"
+                             "      p = malloc(100);\n"
+                             "   }\n"
+                             "};");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }