diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index ba0383de4..5d4eafa5e 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ void CheckOther::checkVariableScope()
             if (tok->str() == "(") {
                 forHead = true;
                 break;
-            } else if (tok->str() == "{" || tok->str() == ";" || tok->str() == "}")
+            } else if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}]"))
                 break;
         }
         if (forHead)
@@ -1208,6 +1208,8 @@ void CheckOther::checkVariableScope()
         // bailout if initialized with function call that has possible side effects
         if (tok->str() == "(" && Token::simpleMatch(tok->astOperand2(), "("))
             continue;
+        if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "=") && Token::simpleMatch(tok->astOperand2(), "("))
+            continue;
         bool reduce = true;
         bool used = false; // Don't warn about unused variables
         for (; tok && tok != var->scope()->classEnd; tok = tok->next()) {
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 7be95ee33..419c666aa 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -732,6 +732,13 @@ private:
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
+        check("void foo(Test &test) {\n"
+              "  int& x = test.getData();\n"
+              "  if (test.process())\n"
+              "    x = 0;\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         check("void f()\n"
               "{\n"
               "int foo = 0;\n"