diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 75b31b73a..1c651e0ea 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ namespace {
     CheckOther instance;
 }
 
+static bool astIsFloat(const Token *tok)
+{
+    if (tok->astOperand1() && astIsFloat(tok->astOperand1()))
+        return true;
+    if (tok->astOperand2() && astIsFloat(tok->astOperand2()))
+        return true;
+
+    // TODO: check function calls, struct members, arrays, etc also
+    return !tok->variable() || Token::findmatch(tok->variable()->typeStartToken(), "float|double", tok->variable()->typeEndToken()->next(), 0);
+}
+
 static bool isConstExpression(const Token *tok, const std::set<std::string> &constFunctions)
 {
     if (!tok)
@@ -1362,7 +1373,7 @@ void CheckOther::checkIncorrectLogicOperator()
                 if (!isSameExpression(expr1, expr2, constStandardFunctions))
                     continue;
 
-                const bool isfloat = MathLib::isFloat(value1) || MathLib::isFloat(value2);
+                const bool isfloat = astIsFloat(expr1) || MathLib::isFloat(value1) || astIsFloat(expr2) || MathLib::isFloat(value2);
 
                 // don't check floating point equality comparisons. that is bad
                 // and deserves different warnings.
@@ -2770,17 +2781,6 @@ namespace {
     }
 }
 
-static bool astIsFloat(const Token *tok)
-{
-    if (tok->astOperand1() && astIsFloat(tok->astOperand1()))
-        return true;
-    if (tok->astOperand2() && astIsFloat(tok->astOperand2()))
-        return true;
-
-    // TODO: check function calls, struct members, arrays, etc also
-    return !tok->variable() || Token::findmatch(tok->variable()->typeStartToken(), "float|double", tok->variable()->typeEndToken()->next(), 0);
-}
-
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // check for the same expression on both sides of an operator
 // (x == x), (x && x), (x || x)
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 30e4851d0..3edbb6456 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -3676,6 +3676,11 @@ private:
              );
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
+        check("void bar(float f) {\n" // #5246
+              "    if ((f > 0) && (f < 1)) {}\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         check("void f(int x) {\n"
               "    if (x < 1 && x > 1)\n"
               "        a++;\n"