diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 58675bbad..7434189d4 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -1593,7 +1593,7 @@ void CheckOther::checkConstPointer()
         if (nonConstPointers.find(p) == nonConstPointers.end()) {
             const Token *start = (p->isArgument()) ? p->scope()->bodyStart : p->nameToken()->next();
             const int indirect = p->isArray() ? p->dimensions().size() : 1;
-            if (isVariableChanged(start, p->scope()->bodyEnd, indirect, p->declarationId(), false, mSettings, mTokenizer->isCPP()))
+            if (p->isStatic() || isVariableChanged(start, p->scope()->bodyEnd, indirect, p->declarationId(), false, mSettings, mTokenizer->isCPP()))
                 continue;
             constVariableError(p, nullptr);
         }
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 5ce81fa12..2a8e82ebe 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -2971,6 +2971,13 @@ private:
               "  istr >> x[0];\n"
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // #10744
+        check("S& f() {\n"
+              "    static S * p = new S();\n"
+              "    return *p;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void switchRedundantAssignmentTest() {
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index 13184d35e..5a7b0ec44 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -2206,6 +2206,19 @@ private:
                           "} ;",
                           tokenizeAndStringify(code));
         }
+
+        {
+            // Ticket #9515
+            const char code[] = "void(a)(void) {\n"
+                                "    static int b;\n"
+                                "    if (b) {}\n"
+                                "}\n";
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("void ( a ) ( void ) {\n"
+                          "static int b ;\n"
+                          "if ( b ) { }\n"
+                          "}",
+                          tokenizeAndStringify(code));
+        }
     }
 
     void vardecl6() {