diff --git a/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 40d97c4c2..50055add1 100644
--- a/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -1322,14 +1322,6 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::simplifycode(Token *tok, bool &all)
                 done = false;
             }
 
-            // Reduce "if* alloc ; dealloc ;" => ";"
-            if (Token::simpleMatch(tok2->tokAt(2), "alloc ; dealloc ;") &&
-                tok2->next()->str().find("if") == 0)
-            {
-                Token::eraseTokens(tok2, tok2->tokAt(5));
-                done = false;
-            }
-
             // Delete second use in "use ; use ;"
             while (Token::Match(tok2, "[;{}] use ; use ;"))
             {
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 6c33c0aa4..e9fcaef3f 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(simple8);
         TEST_CASE(simple9);     // Bug 2435468 - member function "free"
         TEST_CASE(simple10);    // fclose in a if condition
+        TEST_CASE(simple11);
         TEST_CASE(new_nothrow);
 
         TEST_CASE(alloc_alloc_1);
@@ -402,6 +403,30 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void simple11()
+    {
+        check("void Fred::aaa()\n"
+              "{ }\n"
+              "\n"
+              "void Fred::foo()\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "    char *s = NULL;\n"
+              "    if (a)\n"
+              "        s = malloc(10);\n"
+              "    else if (b)\n"
+              "        s = malloc(10);\n"
+              "    else\n"
+              "        f();\n"
+              "    g(s);\n"
+              "    if (c)\n"
+              "        h(s);\n"
+              "    free(s);\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
+
+
     void new_nothrow()
     {
         check("void f()\n"