diff --git a/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index cc12918f8..c5ec210d1 100644
--- a/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -1171,9 +1171,7 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakClass::CheckMemoryLeak_CheckScope(const Token *Tok1, const c
     }
     if ((result = Token::findmatch(tok, "dealloc [;{}] use|use_ ;")) != NULL)
     {
-        std::ostringstream errmsg;
-        errmsg << _tokenizer->fileLine(result->tokAt(2)) << ": Using \"" << varname << "\" after it has been deallocated / released";
-        _errorLogger->reportErr(errmsg.str());
+        ErrorMessage::deallocuse(_errorLogger, _tokenizer, result->tokAt(2), varname);
     }
 
     // Replace "&use" with "use". Replace "use_" with ";"
diff --git a/test/testcppcheck.cpp b/test/testcppcheck.cpp
index 602ddf876..7226fbd3d 100644
--- a/test/testcppcheck.cpp
+++ b/test/testcppcheck.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ private:
         check(filedata);
 
         // Compare results..
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[file.cpp:5]: Using \"foo\" after it has been deallocated / released\n", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[file.cpp:5]: (error) Using 'foo' after it is deallocated / released\n", errout.str());
     }
 
     void linenumbers2()
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 03f2c285d..5c2c59b75 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -1669,7 +1669,7 @@ private:
               "    delete [] s;\n"
               "    p = s;\n"
               "}\n");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS(std::string("[test.cpp:5]: Using \"s\" after it has been deallocated / released\n"), errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(std::string("[test.cpp:5]: (error) Using 's' after it is deallocated / released\n"), errout.str());
     }
 
     void dealloc_use_2()
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ private:
               "    free(str);\n"
               "    char c = str[10];\n"
               "}\n");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS(std::string("[test.cpp:5]: Using \"str\" after it has been deallocated / released\n"), errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(std::string("[test.cpp:5]: (error) Using 'str' after it is deallocated / released\n"), errout.str());
     }
 
     void dealloc_use_6()
@@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@ private:
               "    delete [] str;\n"
               "    str[10] = 0;\n"
               "}\n");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS(std::string("[test.cpp:5]: Using \"str\" after it has been deallocated / released\n"), errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(std::string("[test.cpp:5]: (error) Using 'str' after it is deallocated / released\n"), errout.str());
     }