diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 12995eaab..920b058b5 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -867,6 +867,16 @@ void CheckOther::checkVariableScope()
         if (var->isConst())
             continue;
 
+        // reference of range for loop variable..
+        if (Token::Match(var->nameToken()->previous(), "& %var% = %var% .")) {
+            const Token *otherVarToken = var->nameToken()->tokAt(2);
+            const Variable *otherVar = otherVarToken->variable();
+            if (otherVar && Token::Match(otherVar->nameToken(), "%var% :") &&
+                otherVar->nameToken()->next()->astParent() &&
+                Token::Match(otherVar->nameToken()->next()->astParent()->previous(), "for ("))
+                continue;
+        }
+
         bool forHead = false; // Don't check variables declared in header of a for loop
         for (const Token* tok = var->typeStartToken(); tok; tok = tok->previous()) {
             if (tok->str() == "(") {
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index b7aab0507..560da47cc 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(varScope23);      // Ticket #6154
         TEST_CASE(varScope24);      // pointer / reference
         TEST_CASE(varScope25);      // time_t
+        TEST_CASE(varScope26);      // range for loop, map
 
         TEST_CASE(oldStylePointerCast);
         TEST_CASE(invalidPointerCast);
@@ -1190,6 +1191,19 @@ private:
               "}", "test.c");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.c:2]: (style) The scope of the variable 'currtime' can be reduced.\n", errout.str());
     }
+
+    void varScope26() {
+        check("void f(const std::map<int,int> &m) {\n"
+              "  for (auto it : m) {\n"
+              "     if (cond1) {\n"
+              "       int& key = it.first;\n"
+              "       if (cond2) { dostuff(key); }\n"
+              "     }\n"
+              "  }\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void checkOldStylePointerCast(const char code[]) {
         // Clear the error buffer..
         errout.str("");