diff --git a/src/checkautovariables.cpp b/src/checkautovariables.cpp
index 17ad2ca99..51864f05c 100644
--- a/src/checkautovariables.cpp
+++ b/src/checkautovariables.cpp
@@ -196,18 +196,12 @@ void CheckAutoVariables::autoVariables()
         //Critical assignement
         else if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] %var% = & %var%") && errorAv(tok->tokAt(1), tok->tokAt(4)))
         {
-            reportError(tok,
-                        Severity::error,
-                        "autoVariables",
-                        "Wrong assignement of an auto-variable to an effective parameter of a function");
+            errorAutoVariableAssignment(tok);
         }
         //Critical assignement
         else if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] %var% [ %any% ] = & %var%") && errorAv(tok->tokAt(1), tok->tokAt(7)))
         {
-            reportError(tok,
-                        Severity::error,
-                        "autoVariables",
-                        "Wrong assignement of an auto-variable to an effective parameter of a function");
+            errorAutoVariableAssignment(tok);
         }
         // Critical return
         else if (Token::Match(tok, "return & %var% ;") && isAutoVar(tok->tokAt(2)->varId()))
@@ -304,5 +298,8 @@ void CheckAutoVariables::errorReturnPointerToLocalArray(const Token *tok)
     reportError(tok, Severity::error, "returnLocalVariable", "Returning pointer to local array variable");
 }
 
-
+void CheckAutoVariables::errorAutoVariableAssignment(const Token *tok)
+{
+    reportError(tok, Severity::error, "autoVariables", "Wrong assignement of an auto-variable to an effective parameter of a function");
+}
 
diff --git a/src/checkautovariables.h b/src/checkautovariables.h
index 4cdec71ec..9a4f341d5 100644
--- a/src/checkautovariables.h
+++ b/src/checkautovariables.h
@@ -69,11 +69,12 @@ private:
 
 
     void errorReturnPointerToLocalArray(const Token *tok);
+    void errorAutoVariableAssignment(const Token *tok);
 
 
     void getErrorMessages()
     {
-        reportError(0, Severity::error, "autoVariables", "Wrong assignement of an auto-variable to an effective parameter of a function");
+        errorAutoVariableAssignment(0);
         errorReturnPointerToLocalArray(0);
     }