diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 453a9969d..542710d0b 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -3861,13 +3861,13 @@ bool CheckOther::isIdentifierObjectType(const Token * const tok)
 
 void CheckOther::checkMisusedScopedObject()
 {
-    bool withinFuntion = false;
+    bool withinFunction = false;
     unsigned int depth = 0;
 
     for (const Token *tok = _tokenizer->tokens(); tok; tok = tok->next())
     {
-        withinFuntion |= Token::Match(tok, ") const| {");
-        if (withinFuntion)
+        withinFunction |= Token::Match(tok, ") const| {");
+        if (withinFunction)
         {
             if (tok->str() == "{")
             {
@@ -3876,10 +3876,14 @@ void CheckOther::checkMisusedScopedObject()
             else if (tok->str() == "}")
             {
                 --depth;
-                withinFuntion &= depth > 0;
+                withinFunction &= depth > 0;
+            }
+            else if (Token::Match(tok, "class|struct"))
+            {
+                withinFunction = false;
             }
 
-            if (withinFuntion && Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] %var% (") && isIdentifierObjectType(tok))
+            if (withinFunction && Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] %var% (") && isIdentifierObjectType(tok))
             {
                 tok = tok->next();
                 misusedScopeObjectError(tok, tok->str());
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 5f8b92bfd..62c463199 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(testMisusedScopeObjectDoesNotPickIf);
         TEST_CASE(testMisusedScopeObjectDoesNotPickConstructorDeclaration);
         TEST_CASE(testMisusedScopeObjectDoesNotPickFunctor);
+        TEST_CASE(testMisusedScopeObjectDoesNotPickLocalClassMethod);
     }
 
     void check(const char code[])
@@ -3126,6 +3127,17 @@ private:
              );
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
+
+    void testMisusedScopeObjectDoesNotPickLocalClassMethod()
+    {
+        check("void f() {\n"
+              "    class Foo {\n"
+              "        Foo() { }\n"
+              "    };\n"
+              "}\n"
+             );
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestOther)