diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 5cee5cf2a..b8488b17f 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -1734,6 +1734,9 @@ void CheckOther::checkVariableScope()
         if (!var || !var->isLocal() || (!var->isPointer() && !var->typeStartToken()->isStandardType() && !var->typeStartToken()->next()->isStandardType()))
             continue;
 
+        if (var->isConst())
+            continue;
+
         bool forHead = false; // Don't check variables declared in header of a for loop
         for (const Token* tok = var->typeStartToken(); tok; tok = tok->previous()) {
             if (tok->str() == "(") {
@@ -1750,10 +1753,7 @@ void CheckOther::checkVariableScope()
             tok = tok->tokAt(3);
             if (!tok->isNumber() && tok->type() != Token::eString && tok->type() != Token::eChar && !tok->isBoolean())
                 continue;
-        } else if ((tok->str() == "=" || tok->str() == "(") &&
-                   ((!tok->next()->isNumber() && tok->next()->type() != Token::eString && tok->next()->type() != Token::eChar && !tok->next()->isBoolean()) || tok->strAt(2) != ";"))
-            continue;
-
+        }
         bool reduce = true;
         bool used = false; // Don't warn about unused variables
         for (; tok != var->scope()->classEnd; tok = tok->next()) {
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 2806bbc20..202d2682d 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(varScope17);
         TEST_CASE(varScope18);
         TEST_CASE(varScope19);      // Ticket #4994
+        TEST_CASE(varScope20);      // Ticket #5103
 
         TEST_CASE(oldStylePointerCast);
         TEST_CASE(invalidPointerCast);
@@ -836,7 +837,7 @@ private:
                  "        for ( ; i < 10; ++i) ;\n"
                  "    }\n"
                  "}");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (style) The scope of the variable 'i' can be reduced.\n", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
         varScope("void f(int x)\n"
                  "{\n"
@@ -985,7 +986,7 @@ private:
                  "    if (x == 5)\n"
                  "        foo(b);\n"
                  "}");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (style) The scope of the variable 'b' can be reduced.\n", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
         varScope("void f(int x) {\n"
                  "    const bool b = x;\n"
@@ -1167,6 +1168,16 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void varScope20() { // Ticket #5103 - constant variable only used in inner scope
+        varScope("int f(int a) {\n"
+                 "  const int x = 234;\n"
+                 "  int b = a;\n"
+                 "  if (b > 32) b = x;\n"
+                 "  return b;\n"
+                 "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void checkOldStylePointerCast(const char code[]) {
         // Clear the error buffer..
         errout.str("");