diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index f8dc0e227..88b1afb60 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1888,6 +1888,9 @@ bool CheckUninitVar::isMemberVariableUsage(const Token *tok, bool isPointer, boo
     else if (!isPointer && Token::Match(tok->previous(), "[(,] %var% [,)]") && isVariableUsage(tok, isPointer, alloc, _tokenizer->isCPP()))
         return true;
 
+    else if (!isPointer && Token::Match(tok->previous(), "= %var% ;"))
+        return true;
+
     else if (_settings->experimental &&
              !isPointer &&
              Token::Match(tok->tokAt(-2), "[(,] & %var% [,)]") &&
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index 89d19c5cb..5de982251 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -2909,6 +2909,14 @@ private:
                         "}\n", "test.c");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.c:4]: (error) Uninitialized struct member: ab.a\n", errout.str());
 
+        checkUninitVar2("struct AB { int a; int b; };\n"
+                        "void f(void) {\n"
+                        "    struct AB ab;\n"
+                        "    ab.a = 1;\n"
+                        "    x = ab;\n"
+                        "}\n", "test.c");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.c:5]: (error) Uninitialized struct member: ab.b\n", errout.str());
+
         checkUninitVar2("struct AB { int a; int b; };\n"  // pass struct member by address
                         "void f(void) {\n"
                         "    struct AB ab;\n"