diff --git a/lib/checktype.cpp b/lib/checktype.cpp
index ec39223b6..61c641d8d 100644
--- a/lib/checktype.cpp
+++ b/lib/checktype.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ void CheckType::checkTooBigBitwiseShift()
     const std::size_t functions = symbolDatabase->functionScopes.size();
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < functions; ++i) {
         const Scope * scope = symbolDatabase->functionScopes[i];
-        for (const Token* tok = scope->classStart->next(); tok != scope->classEnd; tok = tok->next()) {
+        for (const Token* tok = scope->classStart; tok != scope->classEnd; tok = tok->next()) {
+           // C++ and macro: OUT(x<<y)
+            if (_tokenizer->isCPP() && Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] %name% (") && Token::Match(tok->linkAt(2), ") ;") && tok->next()->isUpperCaseName() && !tok->next()->function())
+                tok = tok->linkAt(2);
+
             if (!Token::Match(tok, "<<|>>|<<=|>>="))
                 continue;
 
diff --git a/test/testtype.cpp b/test/testtype.cpp
index 53b2e591b..13c37917c 100644
--- a/test/testtype.cpp
+++ b/test/testtype.cpp
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ private:
               "const int h = hoo<100>(1);", &settings);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) Shifting 32-bit value by 32 bits is undefined behaviour\n"
                       "[test.cpp:1]: (error) Shifting 32-bit value by 100 bits is undefined behaviour\n", errout.str());
+
+        // #7266: C++, shift in macro
+        check("void f(int x) {\n"
+              "    UINFO(x << 1234);\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void checkIntegerOverflow() {