diff --git a/lib/valueflow.cpp b/lib/valueflow.cpp
index 3c756829d..e20c95eb1 100644
--- a/lib/valueflow.cpp
+++ b/lib/valueflow.cpp
@@ -3596,7 +3596,7 @@ static void valueFlowLifetime(TokenList *tokenlist, SymbolDatabase*, ErrorLogger
                 value.lifetimeScope = ValueFlow::Value::LifetimeScope::Local;
                 value.tokvalue = lt.token;
                 value.errorPath = std::move(errorPath);
-                if (astIsPointer(lt.token) || !Token::Match(lt.token->astParent(), ".|["))
+                if (lt.addressOf || astIsPointer(lt.token) || !Token::Match(lt.token->astParent(), ".|["))
                     value.lifetimeKind = ValueFlow::Value::LifetimeKind::Address;
                 value.setInconclusive(lt.inconclusive);
                 setTokenValue(tok, value, tokenlist->getSettings());
diff --git a/test/teststl.cpp b/test/teststl.cpp
index 317696b0c..4126296af 100644
--- a/test/teststl.cpp
+++ b/test/teststl.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(iterator22);
         TEST_CASE(iterator23);
         TEST_CASE(iterator24);
+        TEST_CASE(iterator25); // #9742
         TEST_CASE(iteratorExpression);
         TEST_CASE(iteratorSameExpression);
 
@@ -1104,6 +1105,19 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void iterator25() {
+        // #9742
+        check("struct S {\n"
+              "  std::vector<int>& v;\n"
+              "};\n"
+              "struct T {\n"
+              "    bool operator()(const S& lhs, const S& rhs) const {\n"
+              "        return &lhs.v != &rhs.v;\n"
+              "    }\n"
+              "};\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void iteratorExpression() {
         check("std::vector<int>& f();\n"
               "std::vector<int>& g();\n"