diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index de2f2bff4..d2a3ce580 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1120,7 +1120,9 @@ const Token* CheckUninitVar::isVariableUsage(const Token *vartok, bool pointer,
         const int arrayDim = (vartok->variable() && vartok->variable()->isArray()) ? vartok->variable()->dimensions().size() : 1;
         int deref = 0;
         derefValue = valueExpr;
-        while (Token::Match(derefValue->astParent(), "+|-|*|[|.") || (derefValue->astParent() && derefValue->astParent()->isCast())) {
+        while (Token::Match(derefValue->astParent(), "+|-|*|[|.") ||
+               (derefValue->astParent() && derefValue->astParent()->isCast()) ||
+               (deref < arrayDim && Token::Match(derefValue->astParent(), "&") && derefValue->astParent()->isBinaryOp())) {
             const Token * const derefValueParent = derefValue->astParent();
             if (derefValueParent->str() == "*") {
                 if (derefValueParent->isUnaryOp("*"))
@@ -1133,7 +1135,7 @@ const Token* CheckUninitVar::isVariableUsage(const Token *vartok, bool pointer,
                 else
                     break;
             } else if (Token::Match(derefValueParent, "[+-]")) {
-                if (derefValueParent->valueType() && derefValueParent->valueType()->pointer == 0)
+                if (deref >= arrayDim)
                     break;
             } else if (derefValueParent->str() == ".")
                 ++deref;
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index 1e8dc6042..414ba2457 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1619,6 +1619,12 @@ private:
                        "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
+        checkUninitVar("void foo() {\n"
+                       "  char buf[1024];\n"
+                       "  char *b = (char *) (((uintptr_t) buf + 63) & ~(uintptr_t) 63);\n"
+                       "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         // Passing array to function
         checkUninitVar("void f(int i);\n"
                        "void foo()\n"