diff --git a/lib/checkstl.cpp b/lib/checkstl.cpp
index fa7cf86ec..74354bcc4 100644
--- a/lib/checkstl.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkstl.cpp
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ void CheckStl::string_c_str()
                 if (var && var->isPointer())
                     string_c_strError(tok);
             } else if (Token::Match(tok, "%var% ( !!)") && c_strFuncParam.find(tok->str()) != c_strFuncParam.end() &&
-                       _settings->isEnabled("performance") && !Token::Match(tok->previous(), "::|.") && tok->varId() == 0) { // calling function. TODO: Add support for member functions
+                       _settings->isEnabled("performance") && !Token::Match(tok->previous(), "::|.") && tok->varId() == 0 && tok->str() != scope->className) { // calling function. TODO: Add support for member functions
                 std::pair<std::multimap<std::string, unsigned int>::const_iterator, std::multimap<std::string, unsigned int>::const_iterator> range = c_strFuncParam.equal_range(tok->str());
                 for (std::multimap<std::string, unsigned int>::const_iterator i = range.first; i != range.second; ++i) {
                     if (i->second == 0)
diff --git a/test/teststl.cpp b/test/teststl.cpp
index b251a782c..ca69de985 100644
--- a/test/teststl.cpp
+++ b/test/teststl.cpp
@@ -1724,6 +1724,11 @@ private:
               "    Foo(str.c_str());\n"
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        check("int atoi(const std::string& str) {\n" // #3729: Don't suggest recursive call
+              "    return atoi(str.c_str());\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void autoPointer() {