diff --git a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
index af61b2bed..4a6f1ccbf 100644
--- a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static bool isLocalVarNoAutoDealloc(const Token *varTok, const bool isCpp)
 
 static const Token * isFunctionCall(const Token * nameToken)
 {
-    if (nameToken->isName()) {
+    if (!nameToken->isStandardType() && nameToken->isName()) {
         nameToken = nameToken->next();
         // check if function is a template
         if (nameToken && nameToken->link() && nameToken->str() == "<") {
diff --git a/test/testleakautovar.cpp b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
index 363b3e0e5..6a31e840e 100644
--- a/test/testleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(configuration2);
         TEST_CASE(configuration3);
         TEST_CASE(configuration4);
+        TEST_CASE(configuration5);
 
         TEST_CASE(ptrptr);
 
@@ -2371,6 +2372,13 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.c:4]: (information) --check-library: Function set_data() should have <use>/<leak-ignore> configuration\n", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void configuration5() {
+        check("void f() {\n"
+              "    int(i);\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void ptrptr() {
         check("void f() {\n"
               "    char **p = malloc(10);\n"