diff --git a/lib/valueflow.cpp b/lib/valueflow.cpp
index 235c09f3c..d7215b8bd 100644
--- a/lib/valueflow.cpp
+++ b/lib/valueflow.cpp
@@ -3631,8 +3631,6 @@ struct LifetimeStore {
                 const Variable* var = lt.token->variable();
                 if (var && var->isArgument()) {
                     value.lifetimeScope = ValueFlow::Value::LifetimeScope::Argument;
-                } else if (exprDependsOnThis(lt.token)) {
-                    value.lifetimeScope = ValueFlow::Value::LifetimeScope::ThisPointer;
                 } else {
                     continue;
                 }
diff --git a/test/testautovariables.cpp b/test/testautovariables.cpp
index 289b54ba5..09a9bb271 100644
--- a/test/testautovariables.cpp
+++ b/test/testautovariables.cpp
@@ -3398,6 +3398,23 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(
             "[test.cpp:9] -> [test.cpp:9] -> [test.cpp:9] -> [test.cpp:4] -> [test.cpp:4] -> [test.cpp:8] -> [test.cpp:9]: (error) Returning object that points to local variable 'i' that will be invalid when returning.\n",
             errout.str());
+
+        check("struct S {\n"
+              "    int i{};\n"
+              "};\n"
+              "struct T {\n"
+              "    S getS() const { return S{ j }; }\n"
+              "    int j{};\n"
+              "};\n"
+              "void f(S* p) {\n"
+              "    S ret;\n"
+              "    {\n"
+              "        T t;\n"
+              "        ret = t.getS();\n"
+              "    }\n"
+              "    *p = ret;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void invalidLifetime() {