diff --git a/src/cppcheck.cpp b/src/cppcheck.cpp
index 58736be0c..d76760173 100644
--- a/src/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/src/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ void CppCheck::checkFile(const std::string &code, const char FileName[])
         checkOther.CheckStructMemberUsage();
 
     // Check if a constant function parameter is passed by value
-    if (ErrorMessage::passedByValue())
+    if (ErrorMessage::passedByValue(_settings))
         checkOther.CheckConstantFunctionParameter();
 
     // Variable scope (check if the scope could be limited)
diff --git a/src/errormessage.h b/src/errormessage.h
index 9ba44e9ce..c251e965a 100644
--- a/src/errormessage.h
+++ b/src/errormessage.h
@@ -251,9 +251,9 @@ public:
     {
         return msg1(tokenizer, Location) + "Function parameter '" + parname + "' is passed by value. It could be passed by reference instead.";
     }
-    static bool passedByValue()
+    static bool passedByValue(const Settings &s)
     {
-        return true;
+        return s._checkCodingStyle;
     }
 
     static std::string constStatement(const Tokenizer *tokenizer, const Token *Location, const std::string &type)
diff --git a/tools/errmsg.cpp b/tools/errmsg.cpp
index f6073e6ff..4adb0d60d 100644
--- a/tools/errmsg.cpp
+++ b/tools/errmsg.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ int main()
     err.push_back(Message("udivError", Message::always, "Unsigned division. The result will be wrong."));
     err.push_back(Message("udivWarning", Message::style_all, "Warning: Division with signed and unsigned operators"));
     err.push_back(Message("unusedStructMember", Message::style, "struct or union member '%1::%2' is never used", "structname", "varname"));
-    err.push_back(Message("passedByValue", Message::always, "Function parameter '%1' is passed by value. It could be passed by reference instead.", "parname"));
+    err.push_back(Message("passedByValue", Message::style, "Function parameter '%1' is passed by value. It could be passed by reference instead.", "parname"));
     err.push_back(Message("constStatement", Message::style, "Redundant code: Found a statement that begins with %1 constant", "type"));
     err.push_back(Message("charArrayIndex", Message::style, "Warning - using char variable as array index"));
     err.push_back(Message("charBitOp", Message::style, "Warning - using char variable in bit operation"));