diff --git a/lib/checknullpointer.cpp b/lib/checknullpointer.cpp
index ff951f5ba..8d3219afe 100644
--- a/lib/checknullpointer.cpp
+++ b/lib/checknullpointer.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ void CheckNullPointer::parseFunctionCall(const Token &tok, std::list<const Token
         functionNames1.insert("strstr");
         functionNames1.insert("fclose");
         functionNames1.insert("feof");
-        functionNames1.insert("fread");
         functionNames1.insert("fwrite");
         functionNames1.insert("fseek");
         functionNames1.insert("ftell");
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index 641c3aa72..9c24fe6a5 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1412,6 +1412,12 @@ private:
                        "    return cmd[0];\n"
                        "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        checkUninitVar("char fn(FILE *f) {\n"
+                       "    char buf[10];\n"
+                       "    fread(buf, 1, 10, f);\n"
+                       "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void uninitvar_typeof()