diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 355d37939..5cdd3ecb6 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ CheckMemoryLeak::AllocType CheckMemoryLeak::getAllocationType(const Token *tok2,
             return Malloc;
 
         if (tokenizer->isCPP() && tok2->str() == "new") {
+            if (tok2->strAt(1) == "(" && !Token::Match(tok2->next(),"( std| ::| nothrow )"))
+                return No;
             if (tok2->astOperand1() && (tok2->astOperand1()->str() == "[" || (tok2->astOperand1()->astOperand1() && tok2->astOperand1()->astOperand1()->str() == "[")))
                 return NewArray;
             return New;
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 3bffc1154..8e0beebb5 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;alloc;", getcode("int **a = new int*[10];", "a"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;alloc;", getcode("int * const a = new int[10];", "a"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;alloc;", getcode("const int * const a = new int[10];", "a"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(";;assign;", getcode("A * a = new (X) A;", "a"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;alloc;", getcode("int i = open(a,b);", "i"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;assign;", getcode("int i = open();", "i"));