diff --git a/lib/valueflow.cpp b/lib/valueflow.cpp
index 4d93771e7..16dfc2725 100644
--- a/lib/valueflow.cpp
+++ b/lib/valueflow.cpp
@@ -7924,10 +7924,24 @@ static Token* findStartToken(const Variable* var, Token* start, const Library* l
     Token* first = uses.front();
     if (Token::findmatch(start, "goto|asm|setjmp|longjmp", first))
         return start;
-    const Scope* scope = first->scope();
-    // If there is only one usage or the first usage is in the same scope
-    if (uses.size() == 1 || scope == var->scope())
+    // If there is only one usage
+    if (uses.size() == 1)
         return first->previous();
+    const Scope* scope = first->scope();
+    // If first usage is in variable scope
+    if (scope == var->scope()) {
+        bool isLoopExpression = false;
+        for (const Token* parent = first; parent; parent = parent->astParent()) {
+            if (Token::simpleMatch(parent->astParent(), ";") &&
+                Token::simpleMatch(parent->astParent()->astParent(), ";") &&
+                Token::simpleMatch(parent->astParent()->astParent()->astParent(), "(") &&
+                Token::simpleMatch(parent->astParent()->astParent()->astParent()->astOperand1(), "for (") &&
+                parent == parent->astParent()->astParent()->astParent()->astOperand2()->astOperand2()->astOperand2()) {
+                isLoopExpression = true;
+            }
+        }
+        return isLoopExpression ? start : first->previous();
+    }
     // If all uses are in the same scope
     if (std::all_of(uses.begin() + 1, uses.end(), [&](const Token* tok) {
         return tok->scope() == scope;
diff --git a/test/testvalueflow.cpp b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
index 6c1535558..17e4278d9 100644
--- a/test/testvalueflow.cpp
+++ b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
@@ -5392,7 +5392,7 @@ private:
                "  int c;\n"
                "  if (d)\n"
                "    c = 0;\n"
-               " else if (e)\n"
+               "  else if (e)\n"
                "   c = 0;\n"
                "  c++;\n"
                "}\n";
@@ -5406,7 +5406,7 @@ private:
                "  int c;\n"
                "  if (d)\n"
                "    c = 0;\n"
-               " else if (!d)\n"
+               "  else if (!d)\n"
                "   c = 0;\n"
                "  c++;\n"
                "}\n";
@@ -5510,6 +5510,15 @@ private:
                "}\n";
         values = tokenValues(code, "i ++", ValueFlow::Value::ValueType::UNINIT);
         ASSERT_EQUALS(0, values.size());
+
+        // #11688
+        code = "void f() {\n"
+               "    int n;\n"
+               "    for (int i = 0; i < 4; i = n)\n" // <- n is initialized in the loop body
+               "        n = 10;\n"
+               "}";
+        values = tokenValues(code, "n )", ValueFlow::Value::ValueType::UNINIT);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(0, values.size());
     }
 
     void valueFlowConditionExpressions() {