diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 3b9d6b3f8..01babac1d 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -189,6 +189,15 @@ void CheckOther::clarifyCondition()
                                                  Token::simpleMatch(tok2->previous(), "const &")))
                     continue;
 
+                // #3609 - CWinTraits<WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE>::..
+                if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "%var% <")) {
+                    const Token *tok3 = tok2;
+                    while (Token::Match(tok3, "[&|^] %var%"))
+                        tok3 = tok3->tokAt(2);
+                    if (Token::Match(tok3, ",|>"))
+                        continue;
+                }
+
                 clarifyConditionError(tok,false,true);
             }
         }
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index f911840df..3615563fc 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(clarifyCondition2);     // if (a & b == c)
         TEST_CASE(clarifyCondition3);     // if (! a & b)
         TEST_CASE(clarifyCondition4);     // ticket #3110
+        TEST_CASE(clarifyCondition5);     // #3609 CWinTraits<WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE>..
         TEST_CASE(bitwiseOnBoolean);      // if (bool & bool)
 
         TEST_CASE(comparisonOfBoolExpressionWithInt1);
@@ -3541,6 +3542,11 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void clarifyCondition5() { // ticket #3609 (using | in template instantiation)
+        check("CWinTraits<WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE>::GetWndStyle(0);");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void bitwiseOnBoolean() { // 3062
         check("void f(_Bool a, _Bool b) {\n"
               "    if(a & b) {}\n"