diff --git a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
index 65731ed08..adcd48696 100644
--- a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -2108,7 +2108,7 @@ bool CheckBufferOverrun::analyseWholeProgram(const std::list<Check::FileInfo*> &
             errors = true;
         }
     }
-    return errors && errorLogger.hasErrors();
+    return errors;
 }
 
 unsigned int CheckBufferOverrun::sizeOfType(const Token *type) const
diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index 61d4f1556..54729dbaf 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1606,5 +1606,5 @@ bool CheckUninitVar::analyseWholeProgram(const std::list<Check::FileInfo*> &file
         }
     }
 
-    return foundErrors && errorLogger.hasErrors();
+    return foundErrors;
 }
diff --git a/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp b/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
index a0bbf1e0c..030487c86 100644
--- a/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ bool CheckUnusedFunctions::check(ErrorLogger * const errorLogger, const Settings
             */
         }
     }
-    return errors && errorLogger->hasErrors();
+    return errors;
 }
 
 void CheckUnusedFunctions::unusedFunctionError(ErrorLogger * const errorLogger,
diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.cpp b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
index 2c44a0c56..7f2153c35 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ bool CppCheck::analyseWholeProgram()
     // Analyse the tokens
     for (std::list<Check *>::const_iterator it = Check::instances().begin(); it != Check::instances().end(); ++it)
         errors |= (*it)->analyseWholeProgram(fileInfo, _settings, *this);
-    return errors;
+    return errors && (exitcode > 0);
 }
 
 void CppCheck::analyseWholeProgram(const std::string &buildDir, const std::map<std::string, std::size_t> &files)
diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.h b/lib/cppcheck.h
index 74cca27f4..4758e1a57 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.h
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.h
@@ -191,8 +191,6 @@ private:
      */
     virtual void reportErr(const ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage &msg);
 
-    virtual bool hasErrors() const { return exitcode > 0; }
-
     /**
      * @brief Information about progress is directed here.
      *
diff --git a/lib/errorlogger.h b/lib/errorlogger.h
index 8d7c20cbc..a778a91d2 100644
--- a/lib/errorlogger.h
+++ b/lib/errorlogger.h
@@ -331,12 +331,6 @@ public:
      */
     virtual void reportErr(const ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage &msg) = 0;
 
-    /**
-     * Returns true if an error has been reported which should
-     * cause a non-zero cppcheck exit code.
-     */
-    virtual bool hasErrors() const { return false; }
-
     /**
      * Report progress to client
      * @param filename main file that is checked
diff --git a/test/testsuppressions.cpp b/test/testsuppressions.cpp
index f440d7470..d6bf9a0c9 100644
--- a/test/testsuppressions.cpp
+++ b/test/testsuppressions.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(suppressionWithRelativePaths); // #4733
         TEST_CASE(suppressingSyntaxErrors); // #7076
         TEST_CASE(suppressingSyntaxErrorsInline); // #5917
+
+        TEST_CASE(unusedFunction);
     }
 
     void suppressionsBadId1() const {
@@ -149,7 +151,10 @@ private:
 
         CppCheck cppCheck(*this, true);
         Settings& settings = cppCheck.settings();
+        settings.exitCode = 1;
         settings.inlineSuppressions = true;
+        if (suppression == "unusedFunction")
+            settings.addEnabled("unusedFunction");
         settings.addEnabled("information");
         settings.jointSuppressionReport = true;
         if (!suppression.empty()) {
@@ -435,6 +440,10 @@ private:
         checkSuppression(files, "");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
+
+    void unusedFunction() {
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(0, checkSuppression("void f() {}", "unusedFunction"));
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestSuppressions)
diff --git a/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp b/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp
index 4cc1862c4..275ce089b 100644
--- a/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp
+++ b/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ private:
         // Check for unused functions..
         CheckUnusedFunctions checkUnusedFunctions(&tokenizer, &settings, this);
         checkUnusedFunctions.parseTokens(tokenizer,  "someFile.c", &settings);
-        ASSERT(!checkUnusedFunctions.check(this, settings));
+        // check() returns error if and only if errout is not empty.
+        if (checkUnusedFunctions.check(this, settings))
+            ASSERT(errout.str() != "");
+        else
+            ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void incondition() {