diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index a4eb1216d..74cb042a9 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ void CheckOther::functionVariableUsage()
                     break;
             }
             else if (Token::Match(tok, "struct|union|class {") ||
-                     Token::Match(tok, "struct|union|class %type% {"))
+                     Token::Match(tok, "struct|union|class %type% {|:"))
             {
                 while (tok->str() != "{")
                     tok = tok->next();
diff --git a/test/testunusedvar.cpp b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
index 7686cf791..d79581f28 100644
--- a/test/testunusedvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(localvarFor);         // for ( ; var; )
         TEST_CASE(localvarShift);       // 1 >> var
         TEST_CASE(localvarCast);
+        TEST_CASE(localvarClass);
     }
 
     void structmember1()
@@ -1881,6 +1882,17 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(std::string(""), errout.str());
     }
 
+    void localvarClass()
+    {
+        functionVariableUsage("int foo()\n"
+                              "{\n"
+                              "    class B : public A {\n"
+                              "        int a;\n"
+                              "        int f() { return a; }\n"
+                              "    } b;\n"
+                              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(std::string(""), errout.str());
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestUnusedVar)