diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index 7d755ed72..90e3268a3 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1084,6 +1084,8 @@ void CheckUninitVar::checkScope(const Scope* scope)
         }
         while (tok && tok->str() != ";")
             tok = tok->next();
+        if (Token::findsimplematch(i->typeStartToken(), "=", tok))
+            continue;
         if (stdtype || i->isPointer())
             checkScopeForVariable(scope, tok, *i, NULL, NULL, "");
         if (Token::Match(i->typeStartToken(), "struct %type% %var% ;")) {
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index b86b742be..e92e133d6 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -2350,6 +2350,11 @@ private:
                         "    x((A)(B)&a);\n"
                         "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        checkUninitVar2("void f() {\n" // #4717 - ({})
+                        "    int a = ({ long b = (long)(123); 2 + b; });\n"
+                        "}", "test.c");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     // #3869 - reference variable