diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index a1a1cadc1..5b49bd81f 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1113,8 +1113,8 @@ bool CheckUninitVar::checkScopeForVariable(const Token *tok, const unsigned int
         }
 
         // assignment with nonzero constant..
-        if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] %var% = - %var% ;") && tok->next()->varId() > 0)
-            notzero.insert(tok->next()->varId());
+        if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "[;{}] %var% = - %var% ;") && tok->varId() > 0)
+            notzero.insert(tok->varId());
 
         // Inner scope..
         if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "if (")) {
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index 4cc978559..a6f318c21 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1893,6 +1893,16 @@ private:
                         "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
+        checkUninitVar2("void f() {\n"
+                        "    int i, y;\n"
+                        "    if (x) {\n"
+                        "        y = -ENOMEM;\n"
+                        "        if (y != 0) return;\n"
+                        "        i++;\n"
+                        "    }\n"
+                        "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         // for, while
         checkUninitVar2("void f() {\n"
                         "    int x;\n"