diff --git a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
index c35665aca..9fbee0a64 100644
--- a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ bool CheckLeakAutoVar::checkScope(const Token * const startToken,
                 changeAllocStatusIfRealloc(alloctype, fTok, varTok);
             } else if (mTokenizer->isCPP() && Token::Match(varTok->tokAt(2), "new !!(")) {
                 const Token* tok2 = varTok->tokAt(2)->astOperand1();
-                const bool arrayNew = (tok2 && (tok2->str() == "[" || (tok2->str() == "(" && tok2->astOperand1() && tok2->astOperand1()->str() == "[")));
+                const bool arrayNew = (tok2 && (tok2->str() == "[" || (Token::Match(tok2, "(|{") && tok2->astOperand1() && tok2->astOperand1()->str() == "[")));
                 VarInfo::AllocInfo& varAlloc = alloctype[varTok->varId()];
                 varAlloc.type = arrayNew ? NEW_ARRAY : NEW;
                 varAlloc.status = VarInfo::ALLOC;
diff --git a/test/testleakautovar.cpp b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
index 7560c2b08..85ce36111 100644
--- a/test/testleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
@@ -2101,6 +2101,12 @@ private:
               "    }\n"
               "}\n", true);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        check("void f(int i) {\n"
+              "    int* a = new int[i] {};\n"
+              "    delete[] a;\n"
+              "}\n", /*cpp*/ true);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void smartPointerDeleter() {