diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 1ef95c998..22051a671 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -715,7 +715,9 @@ Token *CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::getcode(const Token *tok, std::list<const Toke
 
             // function calls are interesting..
             const Token *tok2 = tok;
-            while (Token::Match(tok2->next(), "%name% ."))
+            if (Token::Match(tok2, "[{};] :: %name%"))
+                tok2 = tok2->next();
+            while (Token::Match(tok2->next(), "%name% ::|. %name%"))
                 tok2 = tok2->tokAt(2);
             if (Token::Match(tok2->next(), "%name% ("))
                 ;
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index bb8c07104..68b370545 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -560,6 +560,8 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;exit;", getcode("char *s; abort();", "s"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;callfunc;", getcode("char *s; err(0);", "s")); // not in std.cfg
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;if{exit;}", getcode("char *s; if (a) { exit(0); }", "s"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(";;if{exit;}", getcode("char *s; if (a) { ::exit(0); }", "s"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(";;if{exit;}", getcode("char *s; if (a) { std::exit(0); }", "s"));
 
         // list_for_each
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;exit;{}}", getcode("void f() { char *s; list_for_each(x,y,s) { } }", "s"));