diff --git a/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp b/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
index 906ec15d1..50d9f4843 100644
--- a/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
@@ -178,13 +178,13 @@ void CheckUnusedFunctions::parseTokens(const Tokenizer &tokenizer, const char Fi
                 funcname = funcname->next();
         }
 
-        else if (Token::Match(tok, "[=(,] &| %var% :: %var%")) {
+        else if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}.,()[=+-/|!?:] &| %var% :: %var%")) {
             funcname = tok->next();
             if (funcname->str() == "&")
                 funcname = funcname->next();
             while (Token::Match(funcname,"%var% :: %var%"))
                 funcname = funcname->tokAt(2);
-            if (!Token::Match(funcname, "%var% [,);]"))
+            if (!Token::Match(funcname, "%var% [(),;:}]"))
                 continue;
         }
 
diff --git a/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp b/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp
index 80a04a630..0b969e81e 100644
--- a/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp
+++ b/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(returnRef);
         TEST_CASE(attribute); // #3471 - FP __attribute__(constructor)
         TEST_CASE(initializer_list);
+        TEST_CASE(member_function_ternary);
 
         TEST_CASE(multipleFiles);   // same function name in multiple files
 
@@ -295,6 +296,20 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void member_function_ternary() {
+        check("struct Foo {\n"
+              "    void F1() {}\n"
+              "    void F2() {}\n"
+              "};\n"
+              "int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {\n"
+              "    Foo foo;\n"
+              "    void (Foo::*ptr)();\n"
+              "    ptr = (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], \"F2\")) ? &Foo::F2 : &Foo::F1;\n"
+              "    (foo.*ptr)();\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
 
     void multipleFiles() {
         CheckUnusedFunctions c;