diff --git a/lib/checkio.cpp b/lib/checkio.cpp
index 00d6183ce..8f1cf536c 100644
--- a/lib/checkio.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkio.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void CheckIO::checkFileUsage()
     std::size_t varListSize = symbolDatabase->getVariableListSize();
     for (std::size_t i = 1; i < varListSize; ++i) {
         const Variable* var = symbolDatabase->getVariableFromVarId(i);
-        if (!var || !var->varId() || !Token::simpleMatch(var->typeStartToken(), "FILE *"))
+        if (!var || !var->varId() || var->isArray() || !Token::simpleMatch(var->typeStartToken(), "FILE *"))
             continue;
 
         if (var->isLocal()) {
diff --git a/test/testio.cpp b/test/testio.cpp
index 7003caef9..1d7332b3b 100644
--- a/test/testio.cpp
+++ b/test/testio.cpp
@@ -280,6 +280,13 @@ private:
               "    fwrite(buffer, 5, 6, f);\n"
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        check("void foo() {\n" // #3965
+              "    FILE* f[3];\n"
+              "    f[0] = fopen(name, mode);\n"
+              "    fclose(f[0]);\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void fileIOwithoutPositioning() {