diff --git a/lib/astutils.cpp b/lib/astutils.cpp
index 8e260fb24..cb2876eef 100644
--- a/lib/astutils.cpp
+++ b/lib/astutils.cpp
@@ -2136,13 +2136,6 @@ bool isVariableChangedByFunctionCall(const Token *tok, int indirect, const Setti
     return false;
 }
 
-static bool isVariableChangedByFunctionCall(const Token* tok, int indirect, const Settings* settings)
-{
-    bool inconclusive = false;
-    bool r = isVariableChangedByFunctionCall(tok, indirect, settings, &inconclusive);
-    return r || inconclusive;
-}
-
 bool isVariableChanged(const Token *tok, int indirect, const Settings *settings, bool cpp, int depth)
 {
     if (!tok)
diff --git a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
index 1169e1954..b7435ce6d 100644
--- a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ void CheckLeakAutoVar::changeAllocStatus(VarInfo *varInfo, const VarInfo::AllocI
             var->second.type = allocation.type;
             var->second.allocTok = allocation.allocTok;
         }
-    } else if (allocation.status != VarInfo::NOALLOC) {
+    } else if (allocation.status != VarInfo::NOALLOC && allocation.status != VarInfo::OWNED) {
         alloctype[arg->varId()].status = VarInfo::DEALLOC;
         alloctype[arg->varId()].allocTok = tok;
     }
diff --git a/test/testleakautovar.cpp b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
index a88b53e22..475743c34 100644
--- a/test/testleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(deallocuse6); // #4034: FP. x = p = f();
         TEST_CASE(deallocuse7); // #6467, #6469, #6473
         TEST_CASE(deallocuse8); // #1765
+        TEST_CASE(deallocuse9); // #9781
 
         TEST_CASE(doublefree1);
         TEST_CASE(doublefree2);
@@ -696,6 +697,15 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) Dereferencing 'ptr' after it is deallocated / released\n", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void deallocuse9() {  // #9781
+        check("void f(Type* p) {\n"
+              "  std::shared_ptr<Type> sp(p);\n"
+              "  bool b = p->foo();\n"
+              "  return b;\n"
+              "}\n", /*cpp*/ true);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void doublefree1() {  // #3895
         check("void f(char *p) {\n"
               "    if (x)\n"