diff --git a/CheckOther.cpp b/CheckOther.cpp
index 1ce2683f8..580e16904 100644
--- a/CheckOther.cpp
+++ b/CheckOther.cpp
@@ -710,14 +710,14 @@ void CheckIncompleteStatement()
         if ( parlevel != 0 )
             continue;
 
-        if ( Match(tok,"; %str%") && !Match(gettok(tok,2), ",") )
+        if ( !Match(tok,"#") && Match(tok->next,"; %str%") && !Match(gettok(tok,3), ",") )
         {
             std::ostringstream errmsg;
             errmsg << FileLine(tok->next) << ": Redundant code: Found a statement that begins with string constant";
             ReportErr(errmsg.str());
         }
 
-        if ( Match(tok,"; %num%") && !Match(gettok(tok,2), ",") )
+        if ( !Match(tok,"#") && Match(tok->next,"; %num%") && !Match(gettok(tok,3), ",") )
         {
             std::ostringstream errmsg;
             errmsg << FileLine(tok->next) << ": Redundant code: Found a statement that begins with numeric constant";
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bc2dffe08..d4bd7ab54 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SRCS=CheckBufferOverrun.cpp  CheckClass.cpp  CheckHeaders.cpp  CheckMemoryLeak.cpp  CheckOther.cpp  CommonCheck.cpp  tokenize.cpp
 OBJS=$(SRCS:%.cpp=%.o)
-TESTS=testbufferoverrun.o	testcharvar.o	testconstructors.o	testdivision.o	testmemleak.o	testunusedvar.o
+TESTS=testbufferoverrun.o	testcharvar.o	testconstructors.o	testdivision.o	testmemleak.o	testother.o	testunusedvar.o
 
 %.o:	%.cpp
 	g++ -Wall -pedantic -g -I. -o $@ -c $^
diff --git a/testother.cpp b/testother.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f23c1343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testother.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+
+// Check for unused variables..
+
+#include "testsuite.h"
+#include "tokenize.h"
+#include "CheckOther.h"
+
+#include <sstream>
+
+extern std::ostringstream errout;
+
+class TestOther : public TestFixture
+{
+public:
+    TestOther() : TestFixture("TestOther")
+    { }
+
+private:
+    void check( const char code[] )
+    {
+        // Tokenize..
+        tokens = tokens_back = NULL;
+        std::istringstream istr(code);
+        TokenizeCode( istr );
+        SimplifyTokenList();
+
+        // Clear the error buffer..
+        errout.str("");
+
+        // Check for unused variables..
+        CheckIncompleteStatement();
+    }
+
+    void run()
+    {
+        TEST_CASE( test1 );
+        TEST_CASE( test2 );
+    }
+
+    void test1()
+    {
+        check( "void foo()\n"
+               "{\n"
+               "    const char def[] =\n"
+               "#ifdef ABC\n"
+               "    \"abc\";\n"
+               "#else\n"
+               "    \"not abc\";\n"
+               "#endif\n"
+               "}\n" );
+
+        ASSERT_EQUALS( std::string(""), errout.str() );
+    }
+
+    void test2()
+    {
+        // Todo: remove the ';' before the string
+
+        check( "void foo()\n"
+               "{\n"
+               "    ;\"abc\";\n"
+               "}\n" );
+
+        ASSERT_EQUALS( std::string("[test.cpp:3]: Redundant code: Found a statement that begins with string constant\n"), errout.str() );
+    }
+};
+
+REGISTER_TEST( TestOther )
+
+