diff --git a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
index 3870f7f4f..10a234da2 100644
--- a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -698,8 +698,8 @@ void CheckBufferOverrun::checkScope(const Token *tok, const std::vector<std::str
 
 void CheckBufferOverrun::valueFlowCheckArrayIndex(const Token * const tok, const ArrayInfo &arrayInfo)
 {
-    // Declaration in global scope?
-    if (tok->scope()->type == Scope::eGlobal)
+    // Declaration in global scope or namespace?
+    if (tok->scope()->type == Scope::eGlobal || tok->scope()->type == Scope::eNamespace)
         return;
     /*
          {
diff --git a/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp b/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
index 5bdec0bf0..3c3ad8577 100644
--- a/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -2130,6 +2130,10 @@ private:
         check("class X { static const int x[100]; };\n" // #6070
               "const int X::x[100] = {0};", false, "test.cpp", false);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        check("namespace { class X { static const int x[100]; };\n" // #6232
+              "const int X::x[100] = {0}; }", false, "test.cpp", false);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void buffer_overrun_1_posix_functions() {