diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index 409693824..a69351727 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1549,7 +1549,7 @@ bool CheckUninitVar::isVariableUsage(const Token *vartok, bool pointer, bool cpp
                 return false; // address of
             if (tok2 && tok2->str() == ")")
                 tok2 = tok2->link()->previous();
-            if (Token::Match(tok2,") ( %type% *| ) &") && tok2->tokAt(2)->varId() == 0)
+            if (Token::Match(tok2,"[()] ( %type% *| ) &") && tok2->tokAt(2)->varId() == 0)
                 return false; // cast
             while (tok2 && tok2->str() == "(")
                 tok2 = tok2->previous();
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index 15d03dbf7..b1ad18d24 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -2023,6 +2023,12 @@ private:
                         "}", "test.c", false);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
+        checkUninitVar2("void f() {\n" // #4737 - weird cast.
+                        "    int x;\n"
+                        "    do_something(&((char*)&x)[0], 1);\n"
+                        "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         // using uninit var in condition
         checkUninitVar2("void f(void) {\n"
                         "    int x;\n"