diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index d058e14ed..d6cbc6337 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -796,6 +796,9 @@ bool CheckUninitVar::isVariableUsage(const Token *vartok, bool pointer, Alloc al
     }
 
     if (Token::Match(vartok->previous(), "++|--|%cop%")) {
+        if (_tokenizer->isCPP() && alloc == ARRAY && Token::Match(vartok->tokAt(-4), "& %var% =|( *"))
+            return false;
+
         if (_tokenizer->isCPP() && Token::Match(vartok->previous(), ">>|<<")) {
             const Token* tok2 = vartok->previous();
             if (Token::simpleMatch(tok2->astOperand1(), ">>"))
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index 52daa2ca4..f8f14d19f 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -2743,6 +2743,12 @@ private:
         TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) Uninitialized variable: x\n",
                            "", errout.str());
 
+        checkUninitVar("void f() {\n"
+                       "    int x[10];\n"
+                       "    int &x0(*x);\n"
+                       "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         // ....
         checkUninitVar("struct ABC { int a; };\n"  // struct initialization
                        "void clear(struct ABC &abc);\n"
@@ -3581,12 +3587,6 @@ private:
                        "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
-        checkUninitVar("void f() {\n"
-                       "    char *s = malloc(100);\n"
-                       "    *s = x;\n"
-                       "}");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
-
         checkUninitVar("void f() {\n"
                        "    char *p = malloc(100);\n"
                        "    p || assert_failed();\n"