diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 0b27eac60..ea824ace0 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -1019,6 +1019,8 @@ void CheckOther::checkUnreachableCode()
             else if (Token::Match(tok, "break|continue ;"))
                 secondBreak = tok->tokAt(2);
             else if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}:] return|throw")) {
+                if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->astParent(), "?"))
+                    continue;
                 tok = tok->next(); // tok should point to return or throw
                 for (const Token *tok2 = tok->next(); tok2; tok2 = tok2->next()) {
                     if (tok2->str() == "(" || tok2->str() == "{")
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 4cb1e3f06..e228113ff 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -2754,6 +2754,13 @@ private:
               "    bar();\n"
               "}", nullptr, false, false, false, &settings);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // #8261
+        check("void foo() {\n"
+              "    (beat < 100) ? (void)0 : throw(0);\n"
+              "    bar();\n"
+              "}", nullptr, false, false, false, &settings);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }