diff --git a/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 059a381f0..8f93caa9a 100644
--- a/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -549,6 +549,20 @@ TOKEN *CheckMemoryLeakClass::getcode(const TOKEN *tok, std::list<const TOKEN *>
             if ( TOKEN::Match(tok, "return %var1%", varnames) ||
                  TOKEN::Match(tok, "return & %var1%", varnames) )
                 addtoken("use");
+            if (TOKEN::simpleMatch(tok->next(), "("))
+            {
+                for (const TOKEN *tok2 = tok->tokAt(2); tok2; tok2 = tok2->next() )
+                {
+                    if ( tok2->str() == "(" || tok2->str() == ")" )
+                        break;
+
+                    if ( tok2->str() == varname )
+                    {
+                        addtoken("use");
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         // throw..
diff --git a/testmemleak.cpp b/testmemleak.cpp
index 842c945a2..816daf7ec 100644
--- a/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE( ret2 );
         TEST_CASE( ret3 );
         TEST_CASE( ret4 );
+        TEST_CASE( ret5 );      // Bug 2458436 - return use
 
         TEST_CASE( mismatch1 );
 
@@ -818,6 +819,19 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS( std::string("[test.cpp:4]: Resource leak: p\n"), errout.str() );
     }
 
+    void ret5()
+    {
+        check( "static char * f()\n"
+               "{\n"
+               "    char *c = new char[50];\n"
+               "    return (c ? c : NULL);\n"
+               "}\n" );
+        ASSERT_EQUALS( std::string(""), errout.str() );
+    }
+
+
+
+
     void mismatch1()
     {
         check( "void f()\n"