diff --git a/lib/valueflow.cpp b/lib/valueflow.cpp
index 263b6d585..43dd2f97e 100644
--- a/lib/valueflow.cpp
+++ b/lib/valueflow.cpp
@@ -3854,7 +3854,7 @@ static void valueFlowForwardLifetime(Token * tok, TokenList *tokenlist, ErrorLog
         valueFlowLifetimeFunction(parent->previous(), tokenlist, errorLogger, settings);
         valueFlowForwardLifetime(parent, tokenlist, errorLogger, settings);
         // Variable
-    } else if (tok->variable()) {
+    } else if (tok->variable() && tok->variable()->scope()) {
         const Variable *var = tok->variable();
         const Token *endOfVarScope = var->scope()->bodyEnd;
 
diff --git a/test/testvalueflow.cpp b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
index 26f828d13..890c9674c 100644
--- a/test/testvalueflow.cpp
+++ b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
@@ -6896,6 +6896,11 @@ private:
                "    const C& c = C(b) ? : C(false);\n"
                "};\n";
         valueOfTok(code, "?");
+
+        code = "struct S {\n"
+               "    void g(std::vector<int> (*f) () = nullptr);\n"
+               "};\n";
+        valueOfTok(code, "=");
     }
 
     void valueFlowHang() {