diff --git a/lib/checkautovariables.cpp b/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
index e9cf88ff3..e6d4178f3 100644
--- a/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ void CheckAutoVariables::autoVariables()
 {
     const SymbolDatabase *symbolDatabase = _tokenizer->getSymbolDatabase();
 
+    const bool reportWarnings(_settings->isEnabled("warning"));
+
     const std::size_t functions = symbolDatabase->functionScopes.size();
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < functions; ++i) {
         const Scope * scope = symbolDatabase->functionScopes[i];
@@ -107,7 +109,8 @@ void CheckAutoVariables::autoVariables()
                 const Variable * var = tok->tokAt(5)->variable();
                 if (checkRvalueExpression(var, tok->tokAt(6)))
                     errorAutoVariableAssignment(tok->next(), false);
-            } else if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] %var% =") &&
+            } else if (reportWarnings &&
+                       Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] %var% =") &&
                        isPtrArg(tok->next()) &&
                        Token::Match(tok->next()->variable()->typeStartToken(), "struct| %type% * %var% [,)]") &&
                        !pointerIsDereferencedInScope(tok->next()->variable(), scope)) {
diff --git a/lib/settings.cpp b/lib/settings.cpp
index 1abb685ab..db0b45240 100644
--- a/lib/settings.cpp
+++ b/lib/settings.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ std::string Settings::addEnabled(const std::string &str)
 
     static std::set<std::string> id;
     if (id.empty()) {
+        id.insert("warning");
         id.insert("style");
         id.insert("performance");
         id.insert("portability");
diff --git a/test/testautovariables.cpp b/test/testautovariables.cpp
index e3f1d31b4..e0a92f7fa 100644
--- a/test/testautovariables.cpp
+++ b/test/testautovariables.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ private:
 
         Settings settings;
         settings.inconclusive = inconclusive;
+        settings.addEnabled("warning");
 
         // Tokenize..
         Tokenizer tokenizer(&settings, this);