diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index 7a13b94bf..dbc41f16a 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ private:
         if (tok.varId()) {
             // array variable passed as function parameter..
             if (Token::Match(tok.previous(), "[(,] %var% [+-,)]")) {
-                if (Token::Match(tok.previous(), "( %var% ) ="))
+                if (Token::Match(tok.previous(), "( %var% ) )| ="))
                     ExecutionPath::bailOutVar(checks, tok.varId());
                 else
                     use(checks, &tok);
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index 60607beb4..768201db8 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1132,6 +1132,13 @@ private:
                        "    printf(\"%s\", a);\n"
                        "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (error) Uninitialized variable: a\n", errout.str());
+
+        checkUninitVar("void f() {\n"    // Ticket #3497
+                       "    char header[1];\n"
+                       "    *((unsigned char*)(header)) = 0xff;\n"
+                       "    return header[0];\n"
+                       "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     // alloc..