diff --git a/lib/checkfunctions.cpp b/lib/checkfunctions.cpp
index 43646c50d..b8de92aeb 100644
--- a/lib/checkfunctions.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkfunctions.cpp
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ void CheckFunctions::checkIgnoredReturnValue()
             }
 
             if ((!tok->function() || !Token::Match(tok->function()->retDef, "void %name%")) &&
-                !WRONG_DATA(!tok->next()->astOperand1(), tok)) {
+                tok->next()->astOperand1()) {
                 const Library::UseRetValType retvalTy = mSettings->library.getUseRetValType(tok);
                 const bool warn = (tok->function() && tok->function()->isAttributeNodiscard()) || // avoid duplicate warnings for resource-allocating functions
                                   (retvalTy == Library::UseRetValType::DEFAULT && mSettings->library.getAllocFuncInfo(tok) == nullptr);
diff --git a/test/testfunctions.cpp b/test/testfunctions.cpp
index 9424f3103..e63cf7680 100644
--- a/test/testfunctions.cpp
+++ b/test/testfunctions.cpp
@@ -1998,6 +1998,11 @@ private:
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
+        check("void f() {\n"
+              "    INT (*g)() = nullptr;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         settings = settings_old;
     }