diff --git a/lib/checkcondition.cpp b/lib/checkcondition.cpp
index 44215d422..d8b44ad31 100644
--- a/lib/checkcondition.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkcondition.cpp
@@ -427,7 +427,11 @@ void CheckCondition::multiCondition()
                 break;
             tok2 = tok2->tokAt(4);
 
-            if (isOverlappingCond(cond1, tok2->astOperand2(), true))
+            if (cond1 && 
+                tok2->astOperand2() && 
+                !cond1->hasKnownValue() && 
+                !tok2->astOperand2()->hasKnownValue() && 
+                isOverlappingCond(cond1, tok2->astOperand2(), true))
                 multiConditionError(tok2, cond1->linenr());
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/testcondition.cpp b/test/testcondition.cpp
index 862c98539..65c42c93f 100644
--- a/test/testcondition.cpp
+++ b/test/testcondition.cpp
@@ -2542,6 +2542,15 @@ private:
               "  }\n"
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        check("void f() {\n"
+              "  int activate = 0;\n"
+              "  int foo = 0;\n"
+              "  if (activate) {}\n"
+              "  else if (foo) {}\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (style) Condition 'activate' is always false\n"
+                      "[test.cpp:5]: (style) Condition 'foo' is always false\n", errout.str());
     }
 
     void checkInvalidTestForOverflow() {
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index ac8de2f12..b0b27ab4d 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -4623,6 +4623,14 @@ private:
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2] -> [test.cpp:3]: (style) The expression 'val < 0' is always false.\n"
                       "[test.cpp:2] -> [test.cpp:4]: (style) The expression 'val < 0' is always false.\n", errout.str());
+
+        check("void f() {\n"
+              "  int activate = 0;\n"
+              "  int foo = 0;\n"
+              "  if (activate) {}\n"
+              "  else if (foo) {}\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void checkSignOfUnsignedVariable() {