diff --git a/lib/checksizeof.cpp b/lib/checksizeof.cpp
index 8461bbf04..a40a79c9c 100644
--- a/lib/checksizeof.cpp
+++ b/lib/checksizeof.cpp
@@ -311,9 +311,9 @@ void CheckSizeof::sizeofVoid()
             sizeofDereferencedVoidPointerError(tok, tok->strAt(3));
         } else if (Token::Match(tok, "%var% +|-|++|--") ||
                    Token::Match(tok, "+|-|++|-- %var%")) { // Arithmetic operations on variable of type "void*"
-            int index = (tok->isName()) ? 0 : 1;
+            const int index = (tok->isName()) ? 0 : 1;
             const Variable* var = tok->tokAt(index)->variable();
-            if (var && Token::Match(var->typeStartToken(), "void * !!*")) {
+            if (var && !var->isArray() && Token::Match(var->typeStartToken(), "void * !!*")) {
                 std::string varname = tok->strAt(index);
                 // In case this 'void *' var is a member then go back to the main object
                 const Token* tok2 = tok->tokAt(index);
diff --git a/test/testsizeof.cpp b/test/testsizeof.cpp
index f73fb5ce1..c6b83ba55 100644
--- a/test/testsizeof.cpp
+++ b/test/testsizeof.cpp
@@ -647,6 +647,11 @@ private:
               "  (foo[0]).data++;\n"
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5]: (portability) '(foo[0]).data' is of type 'void *'. When using void pointers in calculations, the behaviour is undefined.\n", errout.str());
+
+        // #6050 arithmetic on void**
+        check("void* array[10];\n"
+              "void** b = array + 3;\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void customStrncat() {