diff --git a/lib/valueflow.cpp b/lib/valueflow.cpp
index 32e31dc6c..faae1cb3f 100644
--- a/lib/valueflow.cpp
+++ b/lib/valueflow.cpp
@@ -3366,6 +3366,8 @@ static void valueFlowLifetime(TokenList *tokenlist, SymbolDatabase*, ErrorLogger
         }
         // container lifetimes
         else if (tok->variable() && Token::Match(tok, "%var% . begin|cbegin|rbegin|crbegin|end|cend|rend|crend|data|c_str|find (")) {
+            if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->tokAt(2), "find") && !astIsIterator(tok->tokAt(3)))
+                continue;
             ErrorPath errorPath;
             const Library::Container * container = settings->library.detectContainer(tok->variable()->typeStartToken());
             if (!container)
diff --git a/test/testautovariables.cpp b/test/testautovariables.cpp
index 1061636d1..de1d0de15 100644
--- a/test/testautovariables.cpp
+++ b/test/testautovariables.cpp
@@ -1730,6 +1730,12 @@ private:
               "    }\n"
               "};\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        check("size_t f(const std::string& x) {\n"
+              "    std::string y = \"x\";\n"
+              "    return y.find(x);\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void danglingLifetime() {